OT: Mileage

Don't know if it is the same in Canada, but, something to think about. If you use your vehicle for work it must be insured to allow that, otherwise you are effectively driving without insurance. If your employer asks or expects you to use your vehicle and they don't know that your insurance has business cover then they are also breaking the law.
 
BryanG said:
Don't know if it is the same in Canada, but, something to think about. If you use your vehicle for work it must be insured to allow that, otherwise you are effectively driving without insurance. If your employer asks or expects you to use your vehicle and they don't know that your insurance has business cover then they are also breaking the law.
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Good Point.
Usually in the automation industry, the guys use their car to drive to work, not drive for work. We have a few guys that live almost 100KM away from our office. If they drive to a job site that is between their home and our office, they get paid the distance from our office to the job site. So, getting paid to drive to work.

Whenever the job site is far, say 500KM away, we have a company vehicle with a gas card they use.
 
Following on from what Brian said. In UK insurance terms, if you visit a customer in your car it is business use regardless of whether it was on your way to work or not.

Nick
 
The current IRS rate is $0.555 per mile.
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Yes, that rate is for "business expenses". In the US, if you are not owning a business or working for a contractor, but merely driving your personal car to your salaried or hourly job at your usual workplace, then you get $0.00, zilch, nada for mileage expenses. At least you do not need special insurance to drive your car to work, merely the usual personal liability insurance in case you cause a wreck - all other vehicle insurance is optional.
 
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In the US, if you are not owning a business or working for a contractor, but merely driving your personal car to your salaried or hourly job at your usual workplace, then you get $0.00, zilch, nada for mileage expenses.
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If your employer reimbursed you for mileage expenses involved in commuting between your home and your usual workplace, it would be treated as income and subject to income and payroll taxes. Similarly, any reimbursement for (non-commuting) business use of a personal auto above the IRS approved rate is treated as income.
 
Steve, I should have said that you are allowed $0.00 per mile by the IRS as mileage expense for driving to your usual workplace. That is a separate issue from whatever deal you might have with your employer.
 

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