padding expenses
Falsifying cost reports
Padding expenses is the practice of inflating expense reports or budgets with exaggerated or fabricated costs.
An employee might pad expenses by claiming a $50 taxi ride cost $75, or by submitting personal purchases as business expenses.
The phrase implies dishonesty—adding extra "padding" to fatten reimbursements: He was fired for padding expenses on his travel reports.
- inflatingCausing to expand
- double billingInvoiced twice for same item
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- receiptsTransaction documentation
- reimbursementPayment for incurred expenses
embezzlement · falsifying · invoices · skimming · overcharging · kickbacks · under the table · billing · creative accounting · slush fund · markup · fudging numbers · cooking the books · audit · ghost employees · mileage · per diem · petty cash
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