Your client is concerned about the tax implications of his limited personal use of a company-provided...
Your client is concerned about the tax implications of his limited personal use of a company-provided car. Which one of the following statements would correctly advise him about such use?
Such use is considered "de minimis" by the IRS, so its value is excludible from his income.
His personal use of the company car in excess of 1,000 miles per year is taxable at an annually specified amount per mile.
He will have to include in income the value of his personal use based on an IRS formula.
Such personal use is not taxable since it is exempted under Code Section 401.
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He will have to include in income the value of his personal use based on an IRS formula.
Valuation methods for personal use are
i) General Valuation Rule--Based on the evaluation of vehicle’s fair market value.
ii) Commuting Valuation Rule-- Based employee’s total commute distance to and from the work place.
iii) Cents-Per-Mile Rule--$0.58 x total number of miles driven by the employee.
iv) Automobile Annual Lease Valuation Rule--Annual lease value of the automobile x ( personal miles/Total miles)
V) Fleet-Average Value Rule--Applicable to employers operating twenty or more qualifying vehicles .
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