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What kind of drive is it? Is this a 2 to 3 hour commitment or a 30 minute commitment? If it's the latter, why even waste your energy on this? Get it done first thing in the a.m. and move on.
If I had to do it during business hours, I think I would let my manager know and tell them I would be on the clock while I was at DMV. But I do my renewals online so I don't have to go there, that place makes me nuts!
I might have missed it. Is the employer paying you for mileage? If not, you can write it off on your taxes. I believe it was 55 cents per mile last year.
Last edited by goldenlove; 07-09-2018 at 03:49 PM..
Seems to me that if you're doing something for work, and it's required to get done, than you're on the clock, and should get paid for it.
It's his personal vehicle however. He'd have to get the registration renewed whether he used it for work or not. I used my car when I drove for Dominoes, they required I have a car that worked. They reimbursed me a certain number of cents per mile (whatever the Federal rate was then). However they didn't pay me for my time when I went to get the oil changed. If it was a company car, sure, but it's not.
They probably won't have an issue with "I might be late from lunch today I have to renew my registration" but that to me is very different from thinking they owe him the time it takes to register his own vehicle.
Hmmm, that seems to me like leaving early to go to the barber, arguing that my hair grows on company time and they don't want me to look scruffy. Does your state not offer online renewals? I haven't been to the DMV in at least 20 years, despite renewing 2-3 vehicles every year. I pay it online and they mail the stickers and registration.
This is the appropriate approach. Extend it to commuting, purchasing clothes, doing laundry, or showering. There are things we do to prepare for work, that are not actually work itself. Ideally you get paid enough to support you 365 days a year, although you only work 250 or so.
I use my vehicle for work upon occasion, as others use their own at my employer. The mileage rate specifically covers reimbursement for use of the vehicle, it doesn’t imply any responsibility for anything else.
No. That isn't reasonable, unless the reason you have that vehicle is solely for business. .
The vehicle hadnt been registered in over a year, and I wouldn't have registered it again this year if I didn't need it for work. So there's that. I'm not arguing that makes it right, just throwing that point into the ring.
Be real careful here. Most insurance companies will concider your car " commercial" use (you get money i.e. rembursed) for the use of the vehicle. Anything bad happen and the insurance company will refuse to pay since you get paid to use your own car.
Wrong. Incidental use of the vehicle for work is covered.
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