Fraudulent expense claims can cost up to 1.9 billion per year to US companies, according to a study published by Chrome River. The specialist in business travel expenditure surveyed 1200 business travellersin the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom. According to the study report, employees under the age of 44 years old would be responsible for the vast majority of fraud (82.9%). We also learn that men are twice as likely as women to cheat on their expenses, and that a quarter of those surveyed have already been caught out.
For data relating to France, go to Expensya to turn to. The French start-up has analysed almost 50 million euros of expense reports to draw up a profile of the French business traveller. On average, these travellers submit around fifty expense reports per year, for a total of 2322 euros. Transport is the main item of expenditure (€622), ahead of catering (€598) and accommodation (€403). According to Expensya, business travellers seem to prefer French suppliers, such asAir France in the airline industry (51%) or Ibis hotels (13%). As for the new market playersThe results are mixed: Uber has taken the lead in the taxis and VTCs (35%), whileAirbnb would account for only a small proportion of expenditure (2.4%).
