Question

Brent Bishop is the vice president of operations for Southern Sweets Bakery. He drives a 2017 Toyota Prius Prime as his company car, and it has a fair market value of $37,500. The annual lease for the vehicle is $9,750. He reported driving 34,750 miles during 2018, of which 20 percent were for personal reasons. The company pays his fuel and charges him five cents per mile for fuel charges. Required:
Using the lease value rule, what is the valuation of Brent’s company car benefit?

Answer 1

Answer:

$2,297.50

Explanation:

The annual lease value for Brent's Toyota Prius is $9,750. Since he uses the car approximately 20% of the time for personal use, then Brent's share of the annual lease is = $9,750 x 20% = $1,950

This 20% of personal use represents 6,950 miles (= 34,750 miles x 20%), if the company charges him five cents per mile, then Brent is receiving  $347.50 (= 6,950 x $.05 ) for personal fuel use.

Brent's total taxable benefit = $1,950 +  $347.50 = $2,297.50