What is a good amount for mileage reimbursment, and

coolred

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I had an interview for another job today, this one was quite a bit better then calltech that i recently applied at. They offer onsite tech support for major clients, using dell computers and laptops. The job does require a lot of travel within the state, pretty much within an hour and a half one way from where I live, maximum.

They offer good pay, good benefits(for the most part), and .37 cents a mile for reimbursment, is that a fair amount? It sounds good to me, but i wasn't sure what standard mileage reimbursment was.

According to them its a part time job, working 9-4 with mandatory overtime. So its possible I could be working 10 hours a day sometimes, and putting god only knows how many miles on my car in a day. They basically pay for me to take all the dell certifications, and pretty much as long as its online, or CD, or basically non classroom based, they will pay for me to pursue any other certs I want, within the IT realm. They offer better tuition reimbursement then UPS, but only for full timers. I could always wait to go back to school. They also said they have a deal with The University of Phoeinx(which i hear mixed things about)for discounted tuition.

So basically, good pay, okay benefits, lots of travel, with milage reimbusment. It sounds good, but the guy said the learning curve is steep and I may have to put in some of my own time to learn everything I need to know. I don't have any actual job experience in tech support. He said he wouldn't not hire me because of that, but he said it will be tough work to learn what I need to know, and keep up with all the certs.

Its sounds good and everything, but its a lot of travel, possible long hours, and it would mean putting off school a while longer. Still debating about it. Although have to send in my stuff to get my background check done before I can even be offered a job.

So is .37 cents good for mileage reimbursment?
And would you use your personal vehicle for traveling for your job?
 

The federal standard is 37.5 cents, so 37 cents direct reimbursement is great.
 

coolred

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I thought it sounded pretty good, they said they have some guys that make an extra 200 a week just on the mileage.

Oh yeah I also forgot, they also give you your own smart phone, PDA. Its not to keep, but it is pretty cool to have.

Basically they said I go to thier office for a week of doing the certs, then I go along with one of thier people for a week to see how it works, then I am on my own the next week. So it does sound steep, and like hard work. But I think it would be fun. I can't really say its tech support either. It mainly seems like break/fix type work. They said i would go to thier office in the morning get my calls, call the clients and schedule the appointments with them. Theys aid the parts will already be on site. And apparently I go to the places and install/upgrade the new parts. I forgot, but I should have asked how many calls per day on average it is. I mean how great would it be to have say 10 calls each requiring maybe 30 minutes of work each and the other 2+ hours would be travel time which i would still be getting paid for.

I need a new car, so i need to get some extra cash, more then I am getting from UPS. So I either need a new job or another part time job. If I get another part time job, I am still not gonna be able to do much school with working 2 jobs. So basically either way it looks like school may have to wait a bit.
 

CPA

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Originally posted by: SampSon
The federal standard is 37.5 cents, so 37 cents direct reimbursement is great.

The 2005 Federal Mileage Reimbursement rate is 40.5 cents. It was 37.5 last year.


edit: If they are paying you less than this, then you are getting screwed.
 

37.5 cents/mile is good enough. With all the other benefits, I'd take it in a heartbeat if I were in the market for that type of job.
 

Vic

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Originally posted by: CPA
Originally posted by: SampSon
The federal standard is 37.5 cents, so 37 cents direct reimbursement is great.
The 2005 Federal Mileage Reimbursement rate is 40.5 cents. It was 37.5 last year.
Instead of reimbursement, ask them to pay you in a taxable fashion so that you will be able to get the $0.37 per mile plus claim unreimbursed expenses on your taxes and deduct the $0.405 per mile.
 

CPA

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Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: CPA
Originally posted by: SampSon
The federal standard is 37.5 cents, so 37 cents direct reimbursement is great.
The 2005 Federal Mileage Reimbursement rate is 40.5 cents. It was 37.5 last year.
Instead of reimbursement, ask them to pay you in a taxable fashion so that you will be able to get the $0.37 per mile plus claim unreimbursed expenses on your taxes and deduct the $0.405 per mile.

He'll only be able to do this if he either itemizes (then it's limited) or files a schedule C (self-employed). Can't tell from the OP if he'll be able to do either.
 

RU482

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Originally posted by: CPA
Originally posted by: SampSon
The federal standard is 37.5 cents, so 37 cents direct reimbursement is great.

The 2005 Federal Mileage Reimbursement rate is 40.5 cents. It was 37.5 last year.


edit: If they are paying you less than this, then you are getting screwed.


if your are getting less that this, you CAN right off the difference on your taxes. Oh, and you're getting screwed
 

CPA

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Originally posted by: redly1
Originally posted by: CPA
Originally posted by: SampSon
The federal standard is 37.5 cents, so 37 cents direct reimbursement is great.

The 2005 Federal Mileage Reimbursement rate is 40.5 cents. It was 37.5 last year.


edit: If they are paying you less than this, then you are getting screwed.


if your are getting less that this, you CAN right off the difference on your taxes. Oh, and you're getting screwed

read my post above.