09-05-2016, 01:53 PM
The perspective I was provided on why the Mayor used only the pCard instead of carrying a personal card (which BTW he obviously was capable of qualifying for ), was to simplify the accounting between personal and business at the end of every charge cycle.
This is not standard practice in business or government. Almost everyone uses a business card for business, and a personal card for personal purchases. The IRS frowns on the practice of mixing business accounts with personal accounts. Certainly charges may end end up on the wrong card occasionly, but it should be the rare exception to the rule. Using a pCard for both business and private purchases does not as you suggest, simplify the accounting. It creates a situation exactly like we have at this point in time. A complicated mess, that requires vast amounts of public resources to sort out.
If Billy is too generous to be turned loose into the world with a personal credit card, he should have used a debit card. You can't overdraw your balance with a debit card.
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This is not standard practice in business or government. Almost everyone uses a business card for business, and a personal card for personal purchases. The IRS frowns on the practice of mixing business accounts with personal accounts. Certainly charges may end end up on the wrong card occasionly, but it should be the rare exception to the rule. Using a pCard for both business and private purchases does not as you suggest, simplify the accounting. It creates a situation exactly like we have at this point in time. A complicated mess, that requires vast amounts of public resources to sort out.
If Billy is too generous to be turned loose into the world with a personal credit card, he should have used a debit card. You can't overdraw your balance with a debit card.
- Be pleasant to inefficient workers; give them undeserved promotions. - Work slowly. - Refer all matters to committees for "further study and consideration. - Hold conferences. - Make travel as inconvenient as possible. - Haggle over precise wordings of communications. - Advocate “caution.” Be “reasonable” and avoid haste. (Excerpts from the WWII OSS Simple Sabotage Manual)
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