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simonstertoday at 3:35 AM0 repliesview on HN

If the government audited the company's tax records and disagreed that the fiber bars should've been expensed, they'd most likely charge tax, interest, and a penalty proportional to the $5 cost. Fraud requires intentional wrongdoing; no court or auditor is going to find that a company intentionally schemed to defraud the government of a couple dollars by sneaking fiber bars into a travel expense report.