For employee expense reimbursement requests, electronic receipts are preferred to paper receipts because they are more difficult to alter or forge.

• A. False
• B. True
• C. Not sure
• D. Sometimes

Answer: (B)

Electronic receipts provide a stronger guarantee of integrity for expense reimbursements. When a receipt is generated and stored within an expense management system, it is linked to specific user, time, amount, and vendor data, and sits in an auditable trail. Many systems add digital signatures, timestamps, or cryptographic checksums, making any tampering detectable and traceable. In contrast, paper receipts can be altered or forged more easily, and there’s often no verifiable record of changes. This combination makes electronic receipts the safer choice for accurate, defendable reimbursement. True.