Hey, big spender!
13 September 2012
Travel, entertainment, company offices, supplier gifts… all issues to give purchasers a headache. Martin Cunningham explains how to decide what is – and isn’t – a legitimate business expense
Reports that media tycoon Lord Black spent almost $50,000 from Hollinger International, which he then owned, on a birthday party for his wife last year is sure to have raised eyebrows in British boardrooms. While the accusation that he and his fellow directors also siphoned off $85 million from the company – this will soon be tested in court – and Black’s loss of the...