Can I forward my cell phone to my land line to save cell minutes?
An effort by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to revamp the way employers and workers account for personal cell phone use is intended to save companies money, an IRS official said on Friday. A law dating to 1989 requires companies seeking to deduct worker cell phones as an expense to track personal use with painstaking documentation of minutes. The IRS says a notice issued this week is intended to make it easier for employers and workers to comply with the law. “Minute by minute documentation really doesn’t make any sense — we’ve been hearing all about it, and we said yes it makes no sense,” said a senior IRS official, who was not authorized to speak for attribution. Proposed changes issued by the IRS are intended to “reduce how much employers have to spend trying to comply with the tax law,” the official added. Under current law, workers are required to pay tax on personal cell phone use on a work phone as a fringe benefit. The IRS this week issued a notice seeking public comment on
