Gas prices are killing me, how much does your agency reimburse?

KrisRNwannabe · Apr 7, 2005

A company I used to work for didn't raise our mileage when it went up. I called and spoke to someone at the IRS. I was informed that they had to pay us the going rate in full or nothing at all. If they paid us nothing then we could claim it on our taxes but if they only paid us a portion then we couldn't claim the difference. She also said that if we had problems getting them to increase to the proper amount to call back and they would handle it and that they would have to pay us retro all the way back to when it changed. I would talk to your employer, mileage is not something they can decide.

renerian, BSN, RN · Apr 7, 2005

I work for two home health agencies. One metro one rural. The rural one pays 31 cents, the metro one pays nothing for mileage. We are losing people fast.

I keep telling the owner why but it falls on deaf ears. DUH!!!!!

renerian :eek: :banghead: :smiley_ab

NoCrumping · Apr 7, 2005

My agency reimburses for the use of my car at 31 cents per mile. With gas prices being so high I think that they should be reimbursing at the amount allowed by law. Please let me know how your agency is reimbursing you. I am doing my best to arrange my days so that I travel least amount possible. Just need to know what other nurses are getting. I just looked at irs website and allowable is now 40.5 cents per mile.

The national highest rate is 0.37. My agency (thank god its only part time) is a measely 0.25 !!!!!!!

oops I stand corrected... my rate is even more pathetic now.....:uhoh21:

Traveler · Apr 8, 2005

I believe the agency can pay whatever they choose for mileage. The last agency I worked for paid 26 cents when I started with them in Feb. 2001 and are still paying that! In 2001 gas prices were only a little over a dollar a gallon. Where I work now the agency pays 36 cents/mile. If you itemize your taxes you can take the difference (federal rate of reimbursement minus what the agency pays you. This is under schedule A and is the area that includes work expenses, tax preparation fees, etc. The first 2% of AGI is subtracted off of the total. Of course you're not getting back the difference if the agency had paid the going rate- it only reduces your taxes a little bit.

We live in a rural area and our mailman is paid the federal rate for his vehicle. He said that it is at 40.5 cents a mile and they are griping about that! I don't know if the govt. will raise it before January of next year though.

I agree about gas prices killing me. I drive 500-600 miles a week. Only about 100 miles of that is for work though. I live in a rural area and have a 30 mile drive to the office plus just running the kids around, etc. My car doesn't do too bad compared to most cars- it gets about 20mpg, but a 40mpg car would be nice. I have 4wd though and need it to get up some of the roads and driveways to patient's houses. We're thinking about getting a little car just for running around- taking kids to school, etc. but I don't know if depreciation, extra car on insurance, etc. would make us come ahead in the end.

Mother of Hope · Apr 8, 2005

we went from 34 cents to 40 cents/mile.

webblarsk · Apr 8, 2005

40.5 cents a mile.

hoolahan, ASN, RN · Apr 8, 2005

40.5 cents a mile. It went up 3 cents and gas went up 60 cents a gallon! Not much left over for wear and tear!

Angelica · Apr 8, 2005

40.5