Question

Motor vehicle services technicians usually must provide their own tools as part of their employment. These tools are the property of the technician, and service technicians generally receive an hourly wage. Some automobile dealerships split service technician wages into classifications such as tool reimbursements and wages. The result of this practice is that workers’ hours are taxed and the tool reimbursements are not because they are classified as a business expense. Should the tool reimbursement be treated as income on the service technicians W-2? Why or why not? What are some implications of this practice

Answer 1

Answer:

the tool reimbursements should not be treated as income on the service technicians.

Explanation:

Any Reimbursement cannot be taxed because there is no income generated if actual reimbursement is made. So in the given case Tools Reimbursement received by the Technicians are not taxable because it is the amount spend by them for providing the service and actual reimbursement is made. No income has been generated in this.

This practice will reduce the income of the government by two side. One is on the side of the company we are allowing them with a business expenses thereby reducing their tax liability by reducing the profits and other is the same cannot be charged to tax from the side of the worker because it is just a mere reimbursement of actual expenses.