Re: Paging - How do you receive?

[Robert Kalal <kalal.1 () OSU EDU>]

For staffers who don't want to track, report, and reimburse personal
use, OSU provides the option of taking a university-provided cell
phone as taxable compensation. The cost the university pays for the
plan is added to taxable gross income and no records are required.

Bob Kalal



On Jul 7, 2008, at 1:35 PM, Allison Dolan wrote:

> "Supposedly The IRS has made cell-phones some sort of taxable benefit"
> Actually, the IRS has always been able to tax 'perks' that they
> feel are insufficiently work related (e.g. country club
> memberships, etc.).  Over the past several years, they've looked
> more closely at cell phone. Given the number of flat rate plans and
> negotiated contracts, it has been harder to distinguish 'business'
> from 'personal'.  Some places decided to give employees a flat
> amount per month (e.g. $20) to cover the 'business' use of the cell.
>
> Allison F. Dolan
> Program Director, Protecting Personally Identifiable Information
> MIT
> (617) 252-1461
>
>
>
>
> On Jul 7, 2008, at 12:44 PM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 9:01 AM, Megan Carney <carn0048 () umn edu>
> > wrote:
> > > We use pagers so we our cellphones can remain mostly
> > > personal. . .the
> > > University no longer reimburses most people for any portion of their
> > > cellphone bill.
> >
> > We may be moving to a similar situation.  Supposedly The IRS has
> > made cell-phones some sort of taxable benefit so cellphones which are
> > supplied by an employer have to be itemized if they are not
> > strictly controlled.
> >
> >
> > > Also, it's lets us have 'groups'.  We each have an individual
> > > pager number
> > > which is kept internally and one number which will page them all
> > > and is given
> > > out for emergencies while on call.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Stephen J Smoogen. -- BSD/GNU/Linux
> > How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed
> > in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"