Milleage reimbursement ناشر الموضوع: prozmandarin
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Hello,
For U.S. based in person interpreters, are you reimbursed for the mileage? My agency reimburses me, but it's lower than IRS standard $0.67/mile. Is this your case? How do I ask to raise the mileage to IRS standard?
Thank you,
| | | | Liviu-Lee Roth
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| It is irrelevant | Jun 17, 2024 |
No matter if you get paid 10 cents/mile or $2.00/mile, at the end of the year, when you calculate your tax return, you apply the .67/mile.
Many colleagues mistankenly think that the mileage rate is an income; it is not.
Best,
Lee
| | | | | mileage reimbursement | Jun 17, 2024 |
Not sure. 0.67 is used for tax deductible but the pay from the agency is 100% real $$
| | | | Liviu-Lee Roth
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| OK, let me explain | Jun 18, 2024 |
Let's say, you drive 100 miles and are reimbursed 50 cents/mile, that means your check from the agency will include an extra $ 50.00 for driven miles. Next year, when you submit your tax return, you dededuct
$ 67 for the 100 miles driven; you deduct $17.00 more than you received.
If the agency pays you .67/mile and sends you a check including the $67.00, when you submit your tax return you report and deduct $67.00; you don't gain anything.
At the beginning of next year,... See more Let's say, you drive 100 miles and are reimbursed 50 cents/mile, that means your check from the agency will include an extra $ 50.00 for driven miles. Next year, when you submit your tax return, you dededuct
$ 67 for the 100 miles driven; you deduct $17.00 more than you received.
If the agency pays you .67/mile and sends you a check including the $67.00, when you submit your tax return you report and deduct $67.00; you don't gain anything.
At the beginning of next year, the agency will send you a 1099-Misc with the TOTAL amount they paid to you, including compensation for your work, miles and time traveled, tolls and parking. To brake it down it is something like this (all numbers are random):
- compensation for your work ---------- $100.00
- miles traveled 100 miles x $.50/mile ---$ 50.00
- time spent travelling $ 30.00
- tolls $ 10.00
- Parking $ 5.00
TOTAL: $195.00
Of this amount, taxable amount is only $ 130 (work and travel time) while $65 (miles, tolls and parking) are not taxable and must both be SUBTRACTED and DEDUCTED.
When you subtract the miles, you will subtract $67, because this is the federal rate. Same when you deduct, you will deduct $67, not $50.
Therefore, if you get paid less for miles, it is better for you.
Does it help?
Lee
[Edited at 2024-06-19 13:54 GMT]
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| You just can't deduct it twice | Jun 18, 2024 |
prozmandarin wrote:
Not sure. 0.67 is used for tax deductible but the pay from the agency is 100% real $$
Either you deduct is yourself without invoicing the agency, or they reimburse and then, if they don't separate wages and expenses in your 1099s, then you deduct is as reimbursed expenses and it's not taxable.
Random amount is news to me - I always apply government rate to any of the two options.
For example - you submit invoice + expenses for $8000 - 4 for wages and 4 for expenses (mileage, hotel, air etc) and the agency pays a lump sum of $8000. Your CPA or TurboTax know how to separate one from another and not count it as part of your gross taxable income.
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