I think the norm is as follows; Mileage is counted from office to customer site. Rate of mileage reimbursement normally is around $.48 per mile, or what the IRS allows. (Some companies pay less, but you can deduct the difference on your Federal Taxes.) If the Field Rep goes from house to customer site, subtract 10 miles, (some subtract 30 miles) from their daily mileage. Some companies do not allow you to include the mileage from home to first customer site. Just site to site.
I have never worked for a company that provided a Monthly Gas Allowance. Some companies are a bit leery about providing that, as the amount they provide may not fully cover the amount of gas that you really use for business purposes. From what I have encountered, though, a Monthly Gas Allowance is an option normally given to the sales force of a company, as they may 'see' clients, and perspective clients on a day to day basis. Whereas the service force will do more mileage based upon the amount of calls that they do per day and where they have to go to perform service. Hope that helps. Others? On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Cesare' A. Ramos <cra...@idfllc.com> wrote: > Hellos. > > > > Trying to figure some things out and thought I would ask the peanut gallery > for opinions. > > > > We are a service company and have service reps on the field visiting > clients. With the increase of fuel and such, I am considering a formal > policy on either mileage reimbursement or monthly gas allowance. > > > > What are your thoughts? Should or would you set daily minimums (i.e. only > reimburse over 15 miles)? > > > > Just looking for general thoughts. > > > > Thanks. > > > > CAR > This e-Mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are > addressed. If you have received this e-Mail in error please notify the > sender via returned e-Mail. Please note that any views or opinions presented > in this e-Mail are solely those of the author and do not necessarily > represent those of the company. Although IDF operates anti-virus programs, > it does not accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever that is caused > by viruses being passed. ** Think before you print this message. ** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
