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.
Why Don't People Report Crimes to the Police? The leading reason people don't report crimes to the police is that they handle the matter in another way, such as report the incident to an official outside the police department, according to a 2012 study conducted by the U.S. Justice Department.