Originally Posted by
atpcliff
Hi!
Interesting tax situation:
The airline I work for has pilot bases, and some of the expenses going to/from the bases is deemed taxable by our company.
However, almost 100% of our trips never end or start in base, and most do neither.
When I read the IRS info on a "base", it said that the base was where your start and end work. In our case, we start and end work in our base less than 10% of the time. I don't think, for tax purposes, that it can really be a base, and I don't think the expenses should be taxable.
Ideas, comments, suggestions???
Thanx a TON!
cliff
MIA
Can you give some examples? If the company is paying for travel to your base before a trip or away from base after a trip, that would be taxable. It's the same as the expense for a car service (or value of company car) used outside of work for commuting. It's viewed as compensation in-kind.