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Follow on Google News | TEMIA Publishes Paper on Tax on Employee Use of Employer Paid Mobility ServicesTEMIA has published the definitive paper on eliminating the tax on employee use of employer paid cell phones. It outlines why the tax should be abolished and 3 actions you should take. Download it from TEMIA's site or our members’ sites.
By: TEMIA, Joe Basili While the tax does provide some justification for solutions offered by TEMIA members that automate mobility expense management processes, the association has adopted a position that aligns with the long-term best interest of its members’ clients. “Our role is to enable productive, efficient mobile workforces within global enterprises. Outdated regulation and taxation is counterproductive and its enforcement costs exceed the tax benefit. Elimination of the tax puts the enterprise focus back on smart business," stated Andreas Schenck, chief executive officer of ProfitLine (http://www.profitline.com), a TEMIA member. “Few companies enforce the tedious record-keeping rule which requires employee to monitor and document their personal use,” said Kevin Whitehurst, co-founder and managing partner of mindWireless (http://mindwireless.com), a TEMIA member. “mindWireless recently looked at tens of millions of data records in our client database, researching apparent wireless personal use versus corporate use and we found that personal use of a corporate device has generally been minimal,” said Whitehurst. “Automated telecom expense management systems, coupled with a clear corporate wireless policy make it easier for managers to review and tag calls for validation by the employee,” added Whitehurst. Tony Bodetti, Chief Operating Officer at TnT Expense Management (http://www.tntem.com), a TEMIA member, echoed the sentiments of many association members. “Although we are in favor of repealing the law, our system capabilities allow users to identify call detail records as either being for personal or business use. While this law remains in effect, we can help our clients meet its requirements and similar provisions for international clients with the Value Added Tax (VAT),” added Bodetti. David Spofford, CEO of Invoice Insight (http://www.invoiceinsight.com) TEMIA seeks to take on issues and provide education in ways that do not overlap with activities of its members and industry analysts. TEMIA’ This paper can be downloaded from the TEMIA website (http://www.temia.org/ # # # TEMIA is the authoritative voice for the TEM industry. Our mission is to raise awareness, quality, and value of TEM solutions developing and promoting standards. We cultivate industry knowledge among TEM providers, partners, carriers, and enterprises. End
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