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Car Insurance Is Up 38%: How this Affects Business Vehi...

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How to Turn Your Car Allowance into an Engine for Sales...

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Calculating a Car Allowance Increase Due to Inflation

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Mileage Tracking: Choosing the Right Software to Suppor...

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Tax Season: Time for a Non-Taxable Car Allowance

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Why an Equal Car Allowance Is Not an Equitable Car Allo...

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How to Calculate a Fair Car Allowance

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How Much Is a Fair Vehicle Allowance?

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The Best Way to Reimburse New England Employees for Usi...

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How Much Is a Fair Mileage Rate?

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3 Tips to Create or Improve Your Vehicle Allowance Prog...

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2024 Benchmarking Data for Car Allowances

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How Much Is a Fair Vehicle Reimbursement?

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IRS Rules for 2024 FAVR Auto Plans

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How to Properly Reimburse Massachusetts Employees for V...

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3 Quick Tips to Improve Your Car Allowance Policy

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The Best Way to Reimburse Illinois Employees for a Pers...

Illinois in 2018 joined eight other states that legally require employers to rei...

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Why the IRS Mileage Rate Incorrectly Reimburses Many Wo...

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The Best Way to Reimburse Your California Employees for...

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Has Your Vehicle Allowance Kept Up with Inflation?

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3 Ways to Reduce Mileage Reimbursement Costs

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5 Tips for Controlling Fuel Reimbursement Costs

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3 Ways to Reduce Fuel Card Costs

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How to Apply the 2024 IRS Mileage Rate to Your Business

The IRS announced the 2024 business mileage rate, and it has increased for the f...

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Top 5 Reasons to Revisit Your Car Allowance in 2024

It's time to review your company car allowance plan for 2024. With inflation con...

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Two Tools to Cut Company Fleet Costs and Comply with IR...

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What Expenses Does a Mileage Reimbursement Include?

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What Every Employer Should Know about Mileage Reimburse...

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The Rising Costs of a Company Fleet

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2024 Car Allowance Policy: Calculate the Right Amount

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Is a Car Allowance Taxable Income?

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Is a Mileage Reimbursement Taxable?

[Updated for 2023] What are the tax rules for mileage reimbursements? Many emplo...

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The Employer's Brief Guide to Car Allowances

A car allowance is a regular payment to employees to offset work expenses associ...

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3 Quick Questions to Assess Your Car Allowance or Milea...

Every business vehicle program needs a checkup from time to time. Whether you pa...

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When Is a Car Allowance or Mileage Rate Taxable Income?

Both employers and employees often ask us whether their car allowance or mileage...

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Three Questions You Need to Ask about Your Car Allowanc...

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5 Steps to Reduce Company Car Costs

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Business Vehicle Reimbursement and Change Management

Many organizations have employees who operate vehicles for business purposes. So...

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Why Your Auto Reimbursement Plan Needs a Standardized V...

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How to Properly Reimburse Employees Using a Standard Ve...

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How to Administer a Company Car Allowance Policy

It pays to outsource the administration of your company car allowance policy. He...

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Boost Sales with a Full Vehicle Reimbursement

Sales reps are responsible for bringing business your way and securing long-term...

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Is Your Car Allowance Accountable and Non-taxable?

Your standard auto allowance plan probably isn’t IRS-compliant. In this Q&A we'l...

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FAVR Car Allowance vs Cents-Per-Mile

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Why Every Employer Should Pay Attention to Employees’ C...

Your employees’ car insurance can cost the whole company if the coverage is too ...

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Do NOT Use the IRS Mileage Rate for Reimbursements - He...

The IRS mileage rate was designed to be a tax deduction tool for individual taxp...

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Why Your Car Allowance Violates CA Labor Code 2802(a)

If your employees travel for business in personal vehicles, and receive a car al...

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5 Reasons NOT to Give Employees a Fuel Card

If your company pays for its employees’ gas, you’ve bought yourself a costly pro...

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Employee Auto Insurance: A Risk Management Guide

It’s an HR manager’s worst nightmare. While working, an employee causes an auto ...

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The California Labor Code 2802(a) Cheat Sheet - Updated

The state of California has the strictest labor laws in the country when it come...

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Managing Mobile Workforce Productivity while Protecting...

When many of your workers are out on the road making sales calls, meeting with c...

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2023 Guide to Vicarious Liability, Respondeat Superior,...

If an employee causes a car accident while on the job, the company will likely f...

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How Does a Car Allowance Work?

Employees who drive a personal vehicle for work often receive a vehicle allowanc...

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Car Allowance vs. Mileage Reimbursement - Which Is Bett...

Your employer may provide you with a car allowance or a mileage reimbursement to...

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The Vehicle Reimbursement Plan that Keeps Employees Hap...

Your organization can craft a vehicle reimbursement plan that retains valued emp...

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3 Cost-Saving Rules for Mileage Reimbursements

A standardized mileage rate, such as the IRS rate, and employee-reported mileage...

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How Do Mileage Reimbursements Work?

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5 Tips for Cost-Effective Car Reimbursement

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What Is a Fixed & Variable Rate (FAVR) Reimbursement Pl...

An IRS-approved, tax-free plan, the fixed and variable rate (FAVR) allowance rei...

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Why the IRS Mileage Rate Overpays Some Workers and Unde...

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Tax Rules for Personal Use of a Company Vehicle

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HR Guide to Optimizing a Corporate Business Vehicle Pol...

Policies governing employee vehicle use and reimbursement affect many areas of a...

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Guidelines to Keep Your Car Allowance Accountable, or N...

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How to Implement a Fair, Compliant Vehicle Reimbursemen...

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3 Reasons Taxable Car Allowances Don't Make Sense after...

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How Much Is Turnover Costing Your Business?

In a report last year, LinkedIn estimated that the cost of losing an employee of...

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Integrating Mileage Capture and Sales Productivity

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Using a Mileage Log to Measure Efficiency and Productiv...

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How Much Is Your Mileage Log Costing Your Company?

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Maintaining Your Operating Budget for Vehicle Reimburse...

As we discussed in our last post, it is vital to base your vehicle reimbursement...

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How to Create a Vehicle Reimbursement Operating Budget

The travel and expense (T & E) category of an operations budget is one of the to...

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IRS Guidelines for 2023 FAVR Car Allowance Programs

Each year, the IRS updates its rules and guidelines for non-taxable, accountable...

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What Is the 2023 IRS Mileage Rate?

On December 29, the IRS released the 2023 federal mileage rate for business use....

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2023 Car Allowance Audit - Calculate the Right Amount

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How to Save Money with a Tax-Free Car Allowance

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Three Alternatives to a Company Car

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4 Signs Your Car Allowance Isn’t Competitive

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Car Allowances, Inflation, and State Labor Laws

The Illinois Wage Payment and Collection Act, California's Labor Code Section 28...

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The FAVR Car Allowance, Defined

The fixed and variable rate allowance (FAVR) provides a tax-free, defensible, an...

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3 Steps to Calculate Your 2023 Car Allowance or Mileage...

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Car Allowance or Mileage Reimbursement for 2023?

2022 has been an expensive year for most businesses. As you head into 2023, your...

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How to Reimburse Employees for Mobile, Office, or Remot...

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What Is the Minimum Car Insurance You Need for Business...

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Are You Losing 40% of Your Company Vehicle Allowance to...

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Shielding Your Vehicle Program from Fuel Price Volatili...

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Traffic Deaths at 20-year High – Do You Have a Driver S...

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Does Your Mileage Reimbursement Cover Auto Insurance an...

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Switching from a Company Car to a Reimbursement?

Record vehicle prices and inflation in vehicle costs raise the question of wheth...

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Should a Company Pay Less than the IRS Mileage Rate?

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Why You Need to See Your Employees' Auto Insurance Poli...

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Three Things about Fuel Cards and Reimbursements You Mu...

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How Gas Mileage Impacts Car Allowances and Reimbursemen...

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Cut Fuel Costs with a GPS Mileage Tracker that Protects...

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Does Your Car Allowance Violate California's Reimbursem...

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Why the IRS Mileage Rate Cannot Guarantee Compliance wi...

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When Should an Employer Reimburse Mileage?

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Fixed Costs vs. Variable Costs and Your Vehicle Program

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What Costs Does a Car Allowance Cover?

You company's car allowance covers a wide range of employee vehicle expenses. If...

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How Much a Typical Car Allowance Costs

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Mileage Reimbursement or FAVR - Which Is Better?

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How to Calculate Gas Mileage for Reimbursement Rates

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6 Ways to Combat High Fuel Costs for Your Business

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Company Car vs. Employee Car Reimbursement

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The California Gas Tax and CA Labor Code 2802

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3 Reasons to Rethink Gas Cards and Fuel Reimbursements ...

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How to Comply with Expense Indemnification Labor Codes

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Can You Deduct Business Mileage on Your Taxes?

It's tax season again and time to review the IRS rules regarding business mileag...

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Gas Prices Too High? Try a Non-taxable Car Allowance.

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How Rising Gas Prices Affect Car Allowances and Reimbur...

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Fuel Card vs FAVR - What is better?

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Car Allowance vs. FAVR - Which Is Better?

Interest in FAVR vehicle plans, also known as fixed and variable rate car allowa...

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Should You Tax Your Fuel Card?

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Is a Car Mileage Allowance Taxable?

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How the IRS Mileage Rate Violates CA Labor Code 2802(a)

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How to Quantify Your Car Allowance Amount for Employees

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Illinois Gas Tax v. Business Mileage Rate

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Distracted Driving and Your Employees: 4 Ways to Reduce...

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California Labor Code Section 2802: Ways to Reimburse E...

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California's Proposition 22 Passes - Implications for O...

California's ballot initiative, Proposition 22, passed by a 58 - 42 margin. What...

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Best Practices for Electronic Mileage Logs

Your mileage reimbursements are only as accurate as your mileage tracking. Ensur...

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How to Reimburse Restaurant Delivery Workers

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How Should You Track Mileage for Work and Taxes?

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Reimbursement of Employees Working from Home

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California Assembly Bill 5 and Vehicle Reimbursements

[Updated] On January 1, 2020, a new law went into effect in California that re-c...

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