A travel expense is a type of business expense. Therefore, you must be able to meet the general business expense requirements in order to claim a deduction. You can't deduct travel expenses to the extent that they are lavish or extravagantâthe expenses must be reasonable considering the facts and circumstances.
Penalties for filing a false police report vary by state and by the type of crime described in the report. In some cases, the filer is only in danger of being charged with a crime if the local police and prosecutor decide to pursue the case and it is later discovered that the report was false.
In order to secure a conviction in Washington, D.C. for Assault on a Police Officer as a misdemeanor, the government must prove that: (1) the complainant was a law enforcement officer working in D.C., (2) the defendant assaulted, resisted, opposed, impeded, intimidated or interfered with the officer,(3) the defendant did not voluntarily and on purpose, not by mistake or accident, and (4) the defendant did so while the officer as engaged in the performance of official duties, and (5) the ...