Last updated 4 September 2026
The recurring mistakes
These appear across mining, agriculture and forestry alike.
- Claiming purchased litres instead of used litres
- No machine-level allocation
- Contractor fuel treated as own usage without support
- Tank variances absorbed silently
- Activity classification applied retrospectively from memory
- Records retained for less than the applicable retention period
The fix is process, not paperwork volume
A small, consistently captured record set that reconciles monthly is stronger than a large archive that has never been tested.
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