That and when they’ve griped about work paying for their Internet access, the 
counter is, “So you wouldn’t have it if you didn’t need to work at home?”

This is nickel and dime stuff by people who just want to gripe, in my opinion. 
When someone sits down with them and crunches the numbers, as a couple of 
managers have had to do, suddenly working from home looks far more attractive.

-D

> On Dec 5, 2020, at 11:30 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes 
> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> 
> Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes:
> 
>> We’ve heard some griping from employees about this, but that’s
>> countered with, “So how much money have you saved this year not having
>> to commute, buy lunch or work clothing?”
> 
> I suppose that is what the argument would be. Your commute is now
> virtual, like everything else. Commuting expenses have never been
> deductible either, though when I worked as a consultant we were allowed
> to turn in travel expenses that were "over and above" our normal home
> office commute, when we were at a client site.
> 
> Allan
> 
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