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You mean all the stuff employers want to give to employees (and deduct) without running it through payroll..... Tom Modesto, CA

Few things get on my nerves more than a client listing an expense as 'reimbursed' or 'reimbursement'.

With you!!! I have one who lists "reimbursements" as INCOME in his business. But they're not reimbursements at all. They are payments to him from insurance companies for covered services to their insureds. Those are separate from "reimburse" which is when he reimburses himself for stuff he bought for the business on his own dime instead of the business dime. Ten years and I haven't been able to get through to him. So we just up-charge him for the time to straighten it all out.

"Special rules allow an employee to exclude certain achievement awards from their wages if the awards are tangible personal property. An employer also may deduct awards that are tangible personal property, subject to certain deduction limits. " The key is those "certain deduction limits" ? Will 5 carat diamond rings, Rolex watches, Lamborghini's be allowed? Don't think my clients will be so lucky.

I believe that even if I thought @RitaB was not correct I would not point it out to her. I saw all the flowers from the fertile ground in her back 40 for myself. But I really think she is correct as well. Tom Modesto, CA

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