One Tory MP, David Tredinnick, quietly repaid £755 that he claimed on expenses for software that used astrology to diagnose medical conditions.
Investors cannot compare how the expenses for software costs change year over year; a big jump in costs could indicate an overly aggressive accounting approach.
The MP for Bosworth, in Leicestershire, who is a Capricorn and in 2010 paid back £755 he had claimed in expenses for software that used astrology to diagnose medical conditions, told Astrological Journal: "I do believe that astrology and complementary medicine would help take the huge pressure off doctors.
While some customers require little support, those that need more are a big expense for software providers.
This model has huge benefits for computer users, since all the responsibility and expense for software upgrades, maintenance and other troublesome tasks shift from the user to the ASP.
There may also be extra costs associated with systems supporting wireless, as buyers may incur extra expenses for hardware, software or services.
A business owner, for instance, may see an expense of $300 for software and not remember the purchase, but can call up the original receipt to see where and when that money was spent.
Software Expenses Bloated, overpriced software packages are a relic of the bygone PC era.
They can reclassify the charges if necessary, for example, by moving a tab from the "dinner" to the "entertainment" category, add any charges not billed to the card, like taxi fares, and provide explanations for any expenses the software has flagged as violating the company's travel policy, like justifying an expensive hotel because everything else in town was booked.
Others will try to buy firms in fast-growing sectors; last month SAP bought Concur, which offers web-based travel and expense-management software, for $8.3 billion.The recent disappointing results are another harbinger of an unbundling and rebuilding of the IT industry.
Volunteer time accounted for the vast majority of this amount, with personal expenses and software programs totaling a few thousand dollars.
