That is because the jets and yachts are company provided and the company writes it off as an operational expense. You know, as schools should be doing with school supplies teachers need to do their job.
Companies also don’t require their employees to bring their own desk and chair… I know… do t give them any ideas… and probably some scumbag employers did this anyway.
This is separate from the fact if companies should be allowed to expense luxury items… Like yachts and jets…
In my opinion, companies shouldn’t be allowed to expense anything. The entire concept is pointlessly complicated and only serves to favor businesses that can afford to hire teams of accountants. The law doesn’t encourage any kind of value adding on the slightest, it’s just a game to save money.
There are complicated parts of accounting, but basic expense tracking is simple and businesses would do it even if it didn’t affect their tax treatment.
If businesses couldn’t write off expenses, it would be nearly equivalent to treating the corporate income tax as a universal sales tax. This would be incredibly damaging to small businesses and benefit behemoth vertically integrated companies, which is probably the exact opposite of what you want.
If you get rid of expenses, you need to get rid of corporate income tax and either replace it with VAT or combine it with increases to personal income tax like taxing capital gains as ordinary income.
In Canada, a company-provided vehicle is a taxable benefit when used for personal purposes. This can include if you park the vehicle at home and drive to/from work if you have a fixed office location.
Of course, the rich work around this by making that yacht trip etc a “business expense” and entertaining similarly rich guests.
Might as well be, if they use it for work it counts. My boss bought a luxury for our company, he’s the only one whose ever used it but technically there is a contract if a customer wants to rent it. Not that anyone was ever instructed to actually shill it.
They’re not “allowed to” expense those things. At least, not in the way you mean. Whether or not regulators have an appetite to investigate is another matter.
Plenty of employers provide at least some of that and reimburse for the rest. That should be the norm… and it is still way cheaper than a desk space in an office.
And for employees, the cost saving on the commute makes up for more than the costs of electricity and stuff.
That is because the jets and yachts are company provided and the company writes it off as an operational expense. You know, as schools should be doing with school supplies teachers need to do their job.
Companies also don’t require their employees to bring their own desk and chair… I know… do t give them any ideas… and probably some scumbag employers did this anyway.
This is separate from the fact if companies should be allowed to expense luxury items… Like yachts and jets…
In my opinion, companies shouldn’t be allowed to expense anything. The entire concept is pointlessly complicated and only serves to favor businesses that can afford to hire teams of accountants. The law doesn’t encourage any kind of value adding on the slightest, it’s just a game to save money.
Companies shouldn’t be paying taxes at all. Just tax the people who own the companies directly based on the value of their shares.
There are complicated parts of accounting, but basic expense tracking is simple and businesses would do it even if it didn’t affect their tax treatment.
If businesses couldn’t write off expenses, it would be nearly equivalent to treating the corporate income tax as a universal sales tax. This would be incredibly damaging to small businesses and benefit behemoth vertically integrated companies, which is probably the exact opposite of what you want.
If you get rid of expenses, you need to get rid of corporate income tax and either replace it with VAT or combine it with increases to personal income tax like taxing capital gains as ordinary income.
That would basically guarantee that no new business ever survives.
In Canada, a company-provided vehicle is a taxable benefit when used for personal purposes. This can include if you park the vehicle at home and drive to/from work if you have a fixed office location.
Of course, the rich work around this by making that yacht trip etc a “business expense” and entertaining similarly rich guests.
So many people think “tax deductible” literally means you subtract it from your taxes.
“Tax creditable” just doesn’t have the same ring.
It’s still a hefty discount
Might as well be, if they use it for work it counts. My boss bought a luxury for our company, he’s the only one whose ever used it but technically there is a contract if a customer wants to rent it. Not that anyone was ever instructed to actually shill it.
That means it’s a business expense, not that you can literally deduct 100% of it from your taxes.
That’s fraud, you can report it to the IRS
They’re not “allowed to” expense those things. At least, not in the way you mean. Whether or not regulators have an appetite to investigate is another matter.
Unless you work from home, then you are expected to have the space, supplies, desk, chair, electricity, internet connection…
Plenty of employers provide at least some of that and reimburse for the rest. That should be the norm… and it is still way cheaper than a desk space in an office.
And for employees, the cost saving on the commute makes up for more than the costs of electricity and stuff.
Not really. The company should pay for everything you need to do your job.
Yeah they should but that’s not how it works now.