SweetieBsMom
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Jun 29, 2017 12:18:23 GMT
What we do at my company is, for example: I just had to work in the Merrimack office for one day. For me to drive to Merrimack, round trip, it's 160 miles. My normal commute to the office, round trip, is 50 miles. So my company reimbursed me for 110 miles, ie the extra miles I drove to work out of the Merrimack office.
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MerryMom
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Jul 24, 2014 19:51:57 GMT
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Post by MerryMom on Jun 29, 2017 12:34:38 GMT
At my job:
Mileage: Any mileage to a job site is reduced by a "commuter offset". I live 40 miles from my work site. If I travel to an agency that is 50 miles away, I get reimbursed for 10 miles each way. If the agency is 20 miles from my home, then no mileage. If I go to my work site first and then travel to another agency, then I get the mileage for the distance between my regular work site and another agency.
Wage: Travel to and from my regular work is not paid time. If I go to my work site first, and then leave to another agency, I'm on the clock once I arrive at my regular work site. If I travel to another agency first, then I am "on the clock" once my car starts moving at my home.
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Post by cade387 on Jun 29, 2017 13:34:42 GMT
If he goes to the worksite first and then drives to a job site then miles + being on the clock is totally normal. If he goes right to the job site then his time starts when he gets to the job site.
Like others, we only get money on the way home if we return to the job site. So if it is shorter to head straight home because of traffic/etc. Then no mileage then. Only if he returns to the job site.
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Post by not2peased on Jun 29, 2017 13:41:52 GMT
Thank you. Honestly not trying to cheat him out of money/reimbursement if he is entitled to it, just trying to make sure we can pay bills/ourselves at the end of the month and small expenses add up. 6 miles vs 19 one way would be almost $140 every pay period. If $140 per period is significant to you, imagine how he feels. Would you want to pay that out of pocket to get the job done for your employer? Hence, raising the fuss. my thoughts exactly
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Post by ~summer~ on Jun 29, 2017 14:01:40 GMT
I think his commute is to your shop, any and all miles he drives after coming to the shop should be reimbursed. There is a rate set by the IRS, you can use that, most employers do, although it is not mandatory to do so. Yes this is standard. I think it is like 60 cents a mile?
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Post by vspindler on Jun 30, 2017 1:04:36 GMT
I think his commute is to your shop, any and all miles he drives after coming to the shop should be reimbursed. There is a rate set by the IRS, you can use that, most employers do, although it is not mandatory to do so. Yes this is standard. I think it is like 60 cents a mile? IRS rate for 2017 is $.535/mile
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Post by buddysmom on Jun 30, 2017 1:18:37 GMT
My husband's employer reimburses them about 45 cents per mile. He travels by car a lot.
Someone questioned it since it was lower than the IRS rate and they said the balance (about 10 cents per mile) could be taken as an expense on their taxes.
Fine if someone itemizes but if they don't they get ripped off.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Jun 30, 2017 3:41:22 GMT
His request is more than fair and is expected when driving your own vehicle. My office's policy is that if you are going somewhere besides your main assigned office, you get paid mileage above your typical drive to work. For instance, if you drive six miles to work usually, but have to drive ten to somewhere at the start of the day, you get reimbursed for four miles. If you then go to the office, you get reimbursed for the distance between the two. If I start my day at a location closer than my six mile drive, I do not get reimbursed. Make sense? Ok so I asked this also on another reply. If he has to drive to the job 23 miles from his house (not stopping by the shop), we would pay mileage only on the difference between if he were driving to the shop and on vs straight there? The shop is 13 miles from his house, and the job site is another 19 from the shop. If he comes to the shop, that's on him--it's a normal come to work thing. If he then goes out from there, that is when the meter starts. If it's 10 mi to the shop, and then from there another 20 to the job, you pay for 20 x 2 (the round trip). If he goes from his home to the job, let's say 15 miles, you pay 15 x 2 for the round trip. We did that with our business and I do that with my work now. If jobs are farther from his home to the site, but not as much from the shop, then have him come to shop and clock in then go onto job. If he's going directly to the job, his hourly rate starts when he arrives at the site.
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61redhead
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Jun 28, 2014 11:27:52 GMT
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Post by 61redhead on Jun 30, 2017 10:58:49 GMT
My husband's employer reimburses them about 45 cents per mile. He travels by car a lot. Someone questioned it since it was lower than the IRS rate and they said the balance (about 10 cents per mile) could be taken as an expense on their taxes. Fine if someone itemizes but if they don't they get ripped off. The unreimbursed business expense deduction is also subject to the "in excess of 2% of AGI rule".
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Post by christine58 on Jun 30, 2017 12:16:53 GMT
If he is using his own vehicle/gas/etc to go from your shop to a job, yes, I would pay him mileage (roundtrip).
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