You deserve it, and your $25 (JPM), $20 (Goldman), $8 (RBS) meal allowances will only get you so far. The Wall Street Journal shows us how it’s done:
Enter Midtown Manhattan steakhouse Maloney & Porcelli’s “Expense-a-Steak” tool. The premise is simple: enter the amount of your restaurant bill, click “EXPENSE IT!”, and the program automatically generates a print-ready page of fake receipts for work-related expenses like office supplies and cab fare totaling the same amount — so power-lunchers can enjoy their steak frites without drawing the boss’s ire.
“We can tell it’s been kicking around those places,” said Mr. Webster. “Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Citibank, American Express, J.P. Morgan all have like 100 unique visits from their offices.”
“Is it advertising? Is it PR?… Is it aiding and abetting in fraud?” asks Ad Age scribe Bob Garfield. “Dunno for sure. But… We LOVE this thing. It is brilliant.”
It’s about time.
CG
Think I’m in the clear on this one, Bess.
-Hindu Vik
come on now no one works late enough at rbs to justify expensing dinner.
@2 vik eats tons of beef. how do you think he stays so plump and jolly?
Mr. Webster is a friend of mine.
-cg
I built an empire on this premise and now you’ve dumbed it down for free steaks ? F-ing amateurs.
-Bernie
Everything appears to be in order.
-Arthur Andersen
i’m for sure going to try this. what’s the worst they can do, fire me? go for it, cocks.
-KL
I’d love to see somone get canned for this.
If only the Emperor’s Club had a service like this, I would have remained in control of Wall Street and the world financial crisis would have been averted. Sigh, what might have been…
- The Steamroller
Claw back your foregone bonus in bogus receipts….Classy
I love steaks. I’ll post and let you know if my D&B power card works at that one TGI Fridays.
-Mack, Sheriff of Paddy’s Pub
@11 who are you to judge me?
@12, that’s how we can stimulate our internal economy–keep the Paddy’s dollars flowing
@12, if you’re looking for a better steak in an arcade setting, you’re shit out of luck
You’re all SOL if you think you’ll find a better steak in an arcade setting.
~D&Bs Management
not to piss in M&P expense champagne, but isn’t this FRAUD?
Who needs this stupid tool? Tuna is only $.50/can.
~Suze Orman
I wonder if Tad’s has one of these expense calculators
I did an ocular patdown and everything seems to be in order.
@17 you shut your mouth when i’m talking to you.
-vickles
its tax fraud if an employer claims it as employee expense….
Its sales tax fraud for Maloney as well as its not an accurate receipt
Suze: Do you know that the crooked tuna fish canners have DECREASED the size of the can from 6 oz to 5 oz????
The bastards. You should let your readers know this when you are hawking cheap yellowfin tuna, the stuff in the oil.
Pfluger – It’s actually (long fin) albacore, not YFT…not to get picky.
@18 Some people don’t like eating tuna as much as you
@18, I thought y’all called it potpourri.
@24:
Holy shit, the embarrasment….
Thank you pointing out my error.
@12 – it’s in the Northeast. Even if your power card worked there, you’d have to go to the Northeast.
Suze here. My girlfriend, KT, manages my career and my tuna supply. I learned a long time ago to put on the jacket and not ask questions.
@24 – I just shat on your girlfriend and she still is poor.
Vickler the Tickler
Next, move up to forging stock and bond certificates.
RBS is $20, which goes real far in Stamford.
@that guy- it was 8 until VERY recently.