Commuting in Company Vehicles

April 13, 2006

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The value of an employer-provided car or other vehicle for commuting is $1.50 per one-way commute (that is, from home to work or from work to home), if you, the employer, meet all the following requirements:

you own or lease the vehicle and you provide it to one or more of your employees for use in connection with your trade or business and it is in fact used in your trade or business
you require, for bona fide non-compensatory business reasons, the employee to commute to or from work in the vehicle
you establish a written policy under which the employee may not use the vehicle for personal purposes other than for commuting and minimal personal use (such as a personal errand on the way between a business delivery and the employee's home)
the employee does not (except for minimal personal use) use the vehicle for any personal purpose other than commuting
the employee required to use the vehicle for commuting is not one of your control employees; that is, an employee who, in 2006, is a director; receives pay of $175,000 or more; owns a one percent or more equity, profit, or capital interest in the company; or is a board- or shareholder-appointed, confirmed, or elected officer of the company whose pay is $85,000 or more. These dollar amounts are indexed annually for inflation.

If more than one employee commutes in the vehicle (such as in an employer-sponsored car pool), the amount includible in the income of each employee is $1.50 per one-way commute. Similar rules apply when an employer provides transportation to employees for commuting purposes due to unsafe conditions. The unsafe conditions may exist around the individual's home or the workplace.