l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 1 by Jammie via Jammie Wearing Fools
With their approval ratings about as high as Adolf Hitler, you would think
letting the public know on Tax Day that you’re so greedy and petty that
taxing meals provided by employers would be your last priority. Think again.
In competitive job markets like Silicon Valley, companies are doing
everything they can to entice the best and brightest — offering freebies
that have become the stuff of legend.
Employee perks like free food at lavish cafeterias, laundry and even
yoga are not unheard of.
But the taxman could soon crack down.
The IRS reportedly is looking at these perks and seeing if these
companies need to start paying up for the free stuff they offer employees.
David Gamage, a tax expert and professor at the University of California
, Berkeley, said it would really boil down to who benefits from these perks.
“To what extent is this intended as a perk, a form of compensation, for
the benefit of the employee, or to what extent is this just another way the
employer gets the employee to work harder and longer and do things for the
benefit of the employer?” he said.
If it’s the latter, then it’s harder for the IRS to tax it.
The Wall Street Journal first reported that the agency is considering
whether the freebies like food, shuttles, haircuts and more are really
fringe benefits on which workers should be taxed. Some tax experts see the
perks as skirting the edges of the law, and warn the companies may be
violating it — but also think it would be a very aggressive move for the
already-busy IRS to pursue this when they have much more on their plate.
The IRS has basically become an arm of the Democratic Party, so going after
people sympathetic to Democrats doesn’t make much sense. But the
unquenchable thirst for more of our money clearly clouds their judgment.
Silicon Valley-based Clari, which has several dozen staffers developing
cloud technology for smart phones, is one such company that offers free food
— to workers who rarely leave their desks.
CEO and co-founder Andy Byrne argues that providing good, healthy food
is a necessity, not a luxury, and that everyone benefits.
“They win [because] they’re happier, our customers win [because] they
get a higher quality product and then our shareholders win because they see
our momentum in the market. For a small company like Clari, the idea of
taxing the perks would have a devastating effect, not only for the employers
who would have to cancel the perk, but also for the workers who would have
lower productivity,” he said.
IRS officials declined to comment for this article.
They’re busy hiding Lois Lerner’s emails. | w*****s
发帖数: 2896 | 2 这些加州"成功人士"当时添左添得真起劲, 只可惜左逼贪得无厌不买帐, 现在报应来了
. 该日的还是要日, 以前没日的现在要开日, 叫你们这些nerds脑子搭牢添左添得这么
欢.
等着瞧, 以后会更多. | d*****n
发帖数: 754 | 3 IRS想怎么收，就怎么收，怎么做，都是合法的。
【在 w*****s 的大作中提到】
: 这些加州"成功人士"当时添左添得真起劲, 只可惜左逼贪得无厌不买帐, 现在报应来了
: . 该日的还是要日, 以前没日的现在要开日, 叫你们这些nerds脑子搭牢添左添得这么
: 欢.
: 等着瞧, 以后会更多.
| b*****e
发帖数: 53215 | 4 是不是应该先查查IRS有没有给员工提供免费咖啡？
again.
【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: by Jammie via Jammie Wearing Fools
: With their approval ratings about as high as Adolf Hitler, you would think
: letting the public know on Tax Day that you’re so greedy and petty that
: taxing meals provided by employers would be your last priority. Think again.
: In competitive job markets like Silicon Valley, companies are doing
: everything they can to entice the best and brightest — offering freebies
: that have become the stuff of legend.
: Employee perks like free food at lavish cafeterias, laundry and even
: yoga are not unheard of.
: But the taxman could soon crack down.
| m********g
发帖数: 10469 | 5 哈哈，LOPT这些加州左逼奴才屁眼都被党妈操肿了，小孩接受同性恋教育，高税收，剥
夺大学平等教育权利，奴才们想免费吃个饭都不成。
【在 w*****s 的大作中提到】
: 这些加州"成功人士"当时添左添得真起劲, 只可惜左逼贪得无厌不买帐, 现在报应来了
: . 该日的还是要日, 以前没日的现在要开日, 叫你们这些nerds脑子搭牢添左添得这么
: 欢.
: 等着瞧, 以后会更多.
| m***y
发帖数: 14763 | 6 这个贴学术版就好了，看看笑笑，当不得真。
从最后一句“They’re busy hiding Lois Lerner’s emails.”看，根本就是作者YY
，IRS压根没有这么一说。 | l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 7 怎么没有这么一说, IRS早就提出这个问题了.认为免费餐就是给员工的福利,算benefit
,所以要象工资一样缴税. 这个google一下就能看到.
YY
【在 m***y 的大作中提到】
: 这个贴学术版就好了，看看笑笑，当不得真。
: 从最后一句“They’re busy hiding Lois Lerner’s emails.”看，根本就是作者YY
: ，IRS压根没有这么一说。
| u***n
发帖数: 10554 | 8 从税务的角度讲，各种雇主发放的福利津贴都应该入应税。但是这些很难估值核算，所
以也就没法执行。 |
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