Originally Posted by
jungle driver
this is interesting because many of the regionals now offer "commuter hotels" to their pilots (around 4 rooms a month IN BASE) that can be used either the night before a trip starts or the night after a trip ends. I have never heard of anyone getting imputed for these rooms, it seems like the same situation as when Atlas gateways you out the day before and puts you up in a hotel for the night before a trip starts.
I think a lot of folks may be making some errors in how they do their taxes. The biggest indicator of this is that nobody seems to agree about whether imputed income is necessary and why. If you are late sending your receipts in, you get a friendly email threatening to impute you unless you submit receipts. This implies that legitimate hotel costs aren't imputable as long as they're accounted for properly, which is somewhat baffling.
If you choose to come here it's really worthwhile to speak with and use a CPA when you do your taxes. It's saved us a lot of money and kept us out of trouble with the IRS. Some people recover whatever they lose to imputed income taxes when they do their own taxes at the end of the year.