Why do employers expect employees to pay for travel expenses and then get reimbursed?
956744
Maybe they figure the employee won't over do it and spend too much when it first has to come out of their pocket? I have heard of employees given the company credit card and going hog wild.\n\nSome of the places I have worked would give you an "advance" which might be anywhere from 50% to 80% of the projected or estimated total cost of the trip or total that you'd be entitled to get (per diem, mileage, etc.) but, yeah, I've usually had to front at least part of the cost and never had it paid to me upfront or been given a credit card.\n\nSome employees actually prefer to pay it themselves and get reimbursed. My brother earned a lot of frequent flyer miles that way, using his own credit card, but I've also worked places it could take 3 months to get reimbursed and that sucks.
178221
Uh, no!! They should reimburse you!!
1052240
My personal view is that they shouldn't start charging until both parties have agreed that the employment is acceptable.  They agree that the problem is solvable by the consultant and they're written up a contract.  Before that is just fluff.  But, consultants want more money, so they'll argue that they spent valuable time there and so on.
189110
If you have recently been on a business trip, your company wants you to submit a report on your activities during the trip.  \n\nNot sure about your company's 'template" but most business trip reports include debriefing of your activities during the trip - sales contacts met, meetings attended, minutes of the meeting, copies of materials received or distributed, details of any resulting business activity, and a listing of what you need to do to follow up on those activities (call contacts, send materials, etc.) \n\nYou may need to include your expenses related to the trip on this report, or the company may have a separate form for itemizing your expenses.
225167
This means that the employer wants to avoid hiring you as an employee, but wants you to work as a 'contractor.'\n\nSo, you will be paid the 'gross' amount and the responsibility for paying appropriate taxes falls on your shoulders.
1125573
The simple existence of unions helps all workers. Even if you don't belong to one, the reason you get benefits is because of the labor movement. Employers would never pay you to stay home, as in vacation and sick leave and holidays. Companies are interested in the bottom line: maximum profit. Therefore employees are just another overhead expense, like the electric bill. What does the company get from you when you're on vacation? Without unions, or the fear that workers might organize, employers would get away with much more than they do already. Imagine everyone fending for themselves on the job. You might make half as much as the person working next to you doing the same job. You could be fired for refusing to do something dangerous, or on a whim. If you get hurt on the job, laws fought for by unions protect you. Companies do not give workers benefits, raises and safe working conditions because they're nice people. They do it because they have to. And only about 15% of the workforce belong to a union.
1031265
The IRS regulations do not require an employer to pay you that exact amount-- check the department of labor in your state for guidelines but in many states, the employer can pay you whatever they want as long as they post this info somewhere once a year. My employer (who is very generous with everything else) pays $.044/mile which is also less than the IRS says but still legal.
504022
Depends..\n\nAre you working for yourself, in your own practice?  Is so, you'll be buying your own insurance, vacation will be time you don't get paid, etc....\n\nAre you working in a corporate office?  Then your benefits are part of your package from the corporation, usually consisting of Insurance, Vacation, and other perks.
949754
It does sound unfair.\n\nFew people realise that you have no say over when you take your Holidays, and your employer can turn down all your requests and can tell you when you will be off!
17103
pay you receive while on vacation.  many companies require you to build up vacation time throughout the year and then require you to use that time if you wish to receive the monetary compensation.
760643
If you do nothing it'll change in a few weeks time anyway and the money should be reimbursed to you in your wages thereafter. If your worried talk to your HR department or contact the inland revenue.
862932
un-reimbursed supplies that you use for work such as:\n\nbelts, boots/shoes, gloves, hats, helmets, hoods, rain gear, jackets, shirts and ties, pans, emblems and insignia, dry cleaning/laundry, sunglasses/eye protection, alterations and repairs to uniforms, union and association dues, professional insurance, job-related magazine subscriptions, range dues, cost of seminars and workshops, books and manuals, licenses and permits, out of pocket informant expenses, monthly cost of:\n\ncell phone, long distance, Internet, voice mail, phone cards, 2nd line in home, beeper, 2 way radio.\n\nalso: brief case, badges and name tags, business cards, binoculars, flashlight, batteries and bulbs, maps, notebooks, clipboards, safety equipment, tape recorder, tapes, watch, laptop/pda, camera, weapons, mace, handcuffs, and repairs to equipment\n\nFinally-meals (only if over 12 hour day) and mileage (only if you use your personal vehicle for work, commuting does not count!)\n\nAgain, non reimbursed, must be used for the job, and good rule of thumb is in order to write it off as a business expense, it must ordinary, necessary, and reasonable for your job.
744290
No...but most are getting that way. I hate to say it, but the bosses that are jerks had to become that way due to the employees before you. 30+ years ago the workforce was interested and placed the family as number 1 priority, today they don't care so much about the family as long as you showed up for work when your scheduled and be on time on top of it!!! However...employees abused that to the degree that different corporations were losing money as well as putting a strain on the employee due to people calling in. I know it's unfair to treat great employees the same as the other employees who are not as good, but if you give to one you got to give to all. I work for the state in the nursing field, and where I work the facility use to pay for employees to go school to get their LPN/RN or even a phyc degree as long as they stayed at the facility for 5 years. They stopped paying for schooling about 8 years ago when a employee went to school to get his RN degree...after he got it he quit and went to another facility...to make it short...he got a free degree and the state ended up paying it all!!! So they stopped paying for continuing in schooling. Life in getting that way in general...we are paying for the other persons mistake! We don't want to get involued....we know of people doing things wrong all the time, but we don't want to say anything (including myself). I know people driving around without licenses/insurance, shoplifts and I know people abusing free services as well...the bottom line why my car insurance is high, is because I'm paying for the ones that don't have. If I'm going to Walmart to buy something...I'm paying for the ones that steals, cause if nobody steals the price would be lower then what it is now. So the bottom line is that bosses will almost have to be jerks...not because of you personally, but because of the ones before you.
205009
I always paid for (mfg) reps to travel to us and for accomodation.  If you're any good at all, asking you to pay is absurd and not practice in any industry that I know of.  \n\nIn case it comes up, paying for sample sets is a different story, there it's common for reps to pay all or part of (at cost typically).  That helps keep reps from taking samples for personal use or sale and never pitching the product.
828495
Because the money that is being deposited is withheld from employees pay. It is not money that belongs to the employer any longer and the IRS does not want the business doing anything to put money at risk that is not theirs.
61102
this can be base on your contract or verbal agreement with your company. \n\nIf you are following all the papers/documentations and rules in your company when it comes to vacation pay then you aint loosing it... But sometimes there are cases when your employer abuses what you don't know so the best way to find this out is to read your rights...\n\nHope I was able to help...
979884
A car allowance is a set dollar amount that is given to you, usually each month.  You will get a 1099 for this.  Some companies will reimburse you at the end of the year for miles driven in excess of a pre-determined amount, usually over 10,000 miles paid at .10/mile.  You may also be required to have your employer named as an Additional Insured on your auto insurance policy.\n\nExpenses are reimbursed periodically by way of you having to turn in receipts  You should not receive a 1099 for this type of reimbursement.\n\nIf you have to take a plane or stay in a hotel those expenses should either be paid upfront by the company or reimbursed to you.