You've probably already depreciated most of it on your books, so the write off is pretty small. After 3 (tax) years a 2k laptop is likely only worth a few hund

You've probably already depreciated most of it on your books, so the write off is pretty small. After 3 (tax) years a 2k laptop is likely only worth a few hundred dollars to you anyway, and you'd have to pay shipping (50 ish?) so not much there to get worried about. Obviously this depends on tax jurisdiction. Put it another way, to the company losing that laptop is likely less of a problem than paying out a owed vacation day with ambiguous records.