| 02:28pm Jun 19, 2002 PST (#1 of 8)
Does your staff get the mileage points earned on a company credit card or does your Agency? I personally feel like the individual staff person should get it as a perk for traveling.
Mary T. Henry, Finance Director
Kleier Communications
02:28pm Jun 19, 2002 PST (#2 of 8)
They get the points when they use their own credit card, and we always reimburse their expense report within 7 days, and that is pretty much how everyone that travels on staff handles it.
Jo Bos
Gerry Bos Design, Inc.
02:30pm Jun 19, 2002 PST (#3 of 8)
Our agency gets all perks from use of company cards. We use mileage points and gift certificates as spontaneous gifts to employees. I think the IRS has had some influence in this arena too. Something about trying to capture mileage and other non-cash perks as taxable. Don't know whatever happened to that. We certainly don't report it to anybody.
Roxanne Cowan
Rutherford Bolen Group Integrated marketing
02:30pm Jun 19, 2002 PST (#4 of 8)
Let's see . . . the company is paying for the travel expenses, the company is paying the employee to travel . . . the employee was hired with the understanding that the job involved travel . . . the agency should get the mileage points earned! Give the employee a bonus if you feel he/she is traveling an inordinate amount of time.
Marellie Littlefield
Business Manager
Littlefield, Inc.
02:31pm Jun 19, 2002 PST (#5 of 8)
If they have a milage account they get it, we also have a milage card that the actual purchase of the ticket goes on so the company owner gets those points
Steven D. Orenstein
Chief Financial Officer
Kern Direct, Inc
02:32pm Jun 19, 2002 PST (#6 of 8)
Technically, with our credit card, only the primary holder can receive the points. We wanted to use the mileage points to benefit the entire staff if possible, or we will use them to reduce company travel costs that are not billable. Since the points come from all purchases and not just from travel, I don't see why the individual should get the awards, unless he/she does a lot of travel.
Carolyn Lorence
Business Manager
Core Creative, Inc.
02:32pm Jun 19, 2002 PST (#7 of 8)
The company receives the points and uses them for gift certificates, gifts, etc. for employee and client gifts.
Laura Kennedy, Financial Manager
Maier Marketing & Communications
03:23pm Jun 21, 2002 PST (#8 of 8)
IRS totally backed off trying to tax the mileage. Only everybody in the country was against them -- employees, employers, airlines -- & maybe they actually thought about the practical implications also, such as how the heck can they tell if a ticket bought on a personal card is business or pleasure; what happens to a ticket provided for a legit business trip if the employee stays a few days for pleasure at their expense; if you fly a million miles a year is it really a reward to be able to get back on the plane for free; etc.
Brent A. Byrd
Point Zero, Inc.
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