Meet New Yorkâs new $15 minimum wage and 12-week paid family leave law, which is the longest allowed leave in the U.S. As part of New Yorkâs 2016-2017 budget approval process, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed two pieces of legislation affecting employers: a minimum wage increase and paid family leave.
IRS publications say that you can deduct mileage driven from your home to work sites if your home is your principal place of business. But itâs actually more complicated than that: to qualify as a principal place of business, your home office must be used regularly and exclusively as your principal place of business.
Mileage Reimbursement. Companies are willing to reimburse mileage to compensate employees so as to better retain and recruit people they need, according to HR Hero. Typically, company requirements for mileage reimbursement are set based on the annual IRS standard rate for business travel.For example, in 2013, a business could pay up to 56.5 cents per mile and write it off as a business expense. This is much simpler than keeping detailed records of actual operating expenses.ompanies can pay a mileage reimbursement that counts as a business expense and that is tax-free for employees as well. However, if they don't set requirements that follow Internal Revenue Service rules, both the company and the employees may lose their tax advantages.