Originally Posted by
Darth Lefty
So there are two separate charges here.
For mileage, it is reimbursed at the IRS rate. So far as I can tell, so long as it's private, they won't check how you do it... if you took a cab or a train or a rental car, you'd submit the receipt, not the mileage. I've definitely charged them for riding my motorcycle, I don't recall any part of the form that asks whether that's what I did.
It maybe OK if the employer becomes aware that the employee is claiming vehicle mileage for a bicycle, as long as the employer won't think the employee is pulling a fast one or being some sort of Sneaky Pete scamming it for a few bucks by being cute with company money.
Originally Posted by
Darth Lefty
For timecard hours, it's "reasonable time for direct transit" which seems open to a little interpretation but would not seem to allow a cross-country bike ride! I guess you could ride that four hours and charge them an hour.
That would probably work as long as the extra six hours were on the employee's own unpaid time, rather than during regular paid work wours.