{"id":1630,"date":"2008-06-24T14:25:04","date_gmt":"2008-06-24T19:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/06\/mileage-reimbursement-increasing\/"},"modified":"2008-06-24T14:21:23","modified_gmt":"2008-06-24T19:21:23","slug":"mileage-reimbursement-increasing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/06\/mileage-reimbursement-increasing\/","title":{"rendered":"Mileage Reimbursement Increasing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In case you missed it, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twincities.com\/business\/ci_9677627?source=rss\">the IRS is raising the mileage reimbursement rate<\/a> from the current 50.5 cents to 58.5 cents starting July 1, 2008.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Rising gas prices are having a major impact on individual Americans,&#8221; said IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman. &#8220;Given the increase in prices, the IRS is adjusting the standard mileage rates to better reflect the real cost of operating an automobile.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Keep this new rate in mind if you have any candidate offers going out soon.\u00a0 You will want to adjust the mileage reimbursement as this is a <em>very hot<\/em> topic among outside sales candidates today&#8230;along with telecommuting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you missed it, the IRS is raising the mileage reimbursement rate from the current 50.5 cents to 58.5 cents starting July 1, 2008. &#8220;Rising gas prices are having a major impact on individual Americans,&#8221; said IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman. &#8220;Given the increase in prices, the IRS is adjusting the standard mileage rates to better reflect the real cost of operating an automobile.&#8221; Keep this new rate in mind if you have any candidate offers going out soon.\u00a0 You will want to adjust the mileage reimbursement as this is a very hot topic among outside sales candidates today&#8230;along with telecommuting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20,49,2],"tags":[804,806,805,803],"class_list":["post-1630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-compensation","category-economy","category-hiring","tag-car-reimbursement","tag-irs-mileage-rate","tag-mileage-rate","tag-mileage-reimbursement"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-qi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1023,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/06\/compensating-mileage\/","url_meta":{"origin":1630,"position":0},"title":"Compensating Mileage","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"June 22, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Simple thought here for anyone who hires or manages salespeople.\u00a0 We always recommend reimbursing outside salespeople through mileage as opposed to a monthly\u00a0allowance.\u00a0 Simple psychology here: Allowance Reimbursement - you are paying the salesperson a set amount of money every month regardless of their travels.\u00a0 Now the salesperson may look\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Compensation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Compensation","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/compensation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1614,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/06\/gas-prices-and-work-trends\/","url_meta":{"origin":1630,"position":1},"title":"Gas Prices And Work Trends","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"June 12, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Gas prices are driving companies to adjust their reimbursement policy for outside salespeople.\u00a0 We have seen a handful of salespeople who have taken a real hit due to the fact they are on a monthly car allowance and not mileage reimbursement. 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