Boss is a prick !!!

[Titanium]

Ah well, it's all very well paying for the petrol. But what about the oil? And tyres? and wear and tear? Oh, and of course, boss to pay the rego. And insurance .

And wheres the travel allowance? And the out of town allowance? Phone allowance to call home? And meal money of course.

And of course as union delegate I'd be pointing out that you were entitled to wet weather gear, leathers and boots/gloves/helmet all supplied. Or an allowance in lieu. Tax free.

Now, let's talk about danger money. LTSA statistics show how dangerous it is. And dirt money. Out in all weathers, we'll need a wet weather loading.

I reckon that you actually got home at 6:01 pm. So that classes as a night away, that's an overnight accomodation allowance, more meal money.

Now, about that overtime. Obviously , employer must pay overtime. But , were you given at least two days notice of the need to work overtime? If not, that's a short notice call out allowance. And a minimum of 3 hours at time and a half, plus the half hour at double time, and 4 hours time off the next day.

Gosh I miss those days , that used to be fun.

You need to put in a claim for mileage, thats what needs to be paid, as per the tax schedule.

ex IRD website

Motorcycle work related kms.

up to 3000 kms per tax year 31 cents per km
3000 kms and over per tax year 10 cents per km

Or

Flat rate of 14.5 centsper km traveled per calendar year.

http://www.ird.govt.nz/resources/fil...63/mileage.pdf

All employers are required to pay regardless.

Cheers


Peter

[avgas]

Lol feel lucky u got paid, i have to travel the hole country and my salary stays the same if i do a 40 week or an 80 hour week. This week im on pager as well - so what is 7x24=?
What is this Overtime you people talk of - it sounds lovely

[Ixion]

You need to put in a claim for mileage, thats what needs to be paid, as per the tax schedule.

ex IRD website

Motorcycle work related kms.

up to 3000 kms per tax year 31 cents per km
3000 kms and over per tax year 10 cents per km

Or

Flat rate of 14.5 centsper km traveled per calendar year.

http://www.ird.govt.nz/resources/fil...63/mileage.pdf

All employers are required to pay regardless.

Cheers


Peter

Boring. My way's much more fun.

Employer's not bound to pay mileage unless he agrees. Or to pay at those rates, can pay more or less. Thing with using those rates, is that is the maximum the employer can claim off tax as a business expense, and the maximum that the worker doesn't have to declare it as income on his tax return (ie up to those rates it classes as a reimbursement). NB I haven't checked the rate quoted.

Note too that this only covers the expense of the vehicle. Not gear, meals etc.

If you are in receipt of wages or salary there is very little that you can do about claiming direct expenses, so you are best to have the employer provide wet weather gear etc, rather than an allowance. The allowance will be taxed as income and you cannot claim the cost of the gear (or the GST) .If the employer provides it, he can claim both back and you don't have to declare the value as income (normally).

It can sometimes be possible to claim extraordinary expenses (eg for a breakdown) on top of the mileage allowance.

You also have the option of claiming (assuming the employer agrees) on the basis of actual expenses involved. This can give the worker a lot more coin, but it is a LOT more record keeping and paperwork for both worker and boss. And you need to be a tolerably good accountant to work out the depreciation and stuff. But since the IRD rates are based on postie-bike type bikes, it might be a better deal if you are using your MV Agusta for work purposes.

Note that all of this in general can apply to self employed also. For self employed persons doing this the most effective way can make a big difference in the course of a year.

Oh and if the original cause of the call out was the battery, don't forget that that's auto electricians' work to disconnect and reconnect the battery. So you should have holed up in a nice motel while an auto-sparky came out to do the disconnect and reconnect.

Thats lodging and sustenance allowances, more over time, a supervision allowance for supervising the sparky, a project management loading for managing the project.Give me time, I'll think of more. My nick name as a union delegate wasn't "Allowance" for no reason.