Gentry James
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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Ohio
Will my company car reimbursements (mileage for gas, car depreciation, insurance) and my company cell phone be included as income for purposes of child support? Do any other states reclassify business expenses (as defined by the IRS) into personal expenses and then add them to personal income for CS calculations?
This latest decision by the Ohio Supreme Court seems very strange. They apparently ruled that the entire company car value and cell phone benefit can be added to income and used to calculate child support. Maybe they think American companies are out to hurt children children by hiding their employees' personal income as business expenses? Do they think the IRS doesn't know the difference? What about cars not owned but reimbursed to under the specific IRS rules for non-taxable business expense reimbursements. Only Justice O'Donnell logically said let's follow the IRS and our own Ohio Taxing Authority rules. This seems unbelievable.
I own my car used for both business and pleasure. I then get reimbursed on the car for the business usage as state above; on the phone, I also get email 'dinged' all day long and use my phone primarily for business use with personal use maybe 20%. Will these companies business expenses be included in my income now?
Thanks for your help. Here's the article from Columbus Dispatch:
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/10/16/Supreme-Court-rules-on-child-custody-case.html
Will my company car reimbursements (mileage for gas, car depreciation, insurance) and my company cell phone be included as income for purposes of child support? Do any other states reclassify business expenses (as defined by the IRS) into personal expenses and then add them to personal income for CS calculations?
This latest decision by the Ohio Supreme Court seems very strange. They apparently ruled that the entire company car value and cell phone benefit can be added to income and used to calculate child support. Maybe they think American companies are out to hurt children children by hiding their employees' personal income as business expenses? Do they think the IRS doesn't know the difference? What about cars not owned but reimbursed to under the specific IRS rules for non-taxable business expense reimbursements. Only Justice O'Donnell logically said let's follow the IRS and our own Ohio Taxing Authority rules. This seems unbelievable.
I own my car used for both business and pleasure. I then get reimbursed on the car for the business usage as state above; on the phone, I also get email 'dinged' all day long and use my phone primarily for business use with personal use maybe 20%. Will these companies business expenses be included in my income now?
Thanks for your help. Here's the article from Columbus Dispatch:
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/10/16/Supreme-Court-rules-on-child-custody-case.html