Company phone usage

titoever

LinasPilibaitisisbatman wrote: »

Utter crap btw.

If the phone is used for personal use it is a taxable benefit, in many cases even just reimbursing employees for using their own phone can be taxable

There is no charge to tax on:
• one mobile phone provided to an employee, or
• any line rental or the cost of any private calls for that phone paid for by the employer
unless they can be converted into money by the employee.

Floss

ihatebt wrote: »

In my opinion:
A company mobile should be for work calls only
Your company email address should be for work emails only

But unless every company has a team of IT people to check every single email & phone call, then this is not practical.

As long as it is not over-abused, most companies accept that there will be some personal "traffic".

However, excessive bills are not generally acceptable, particularly if the bill is made up of non-work content calls.

LinasPilibaitisisbatman

titoever wrote: »

There is no charge to tax on:
• one mobile phone provided to an employee, or
• any line rental or the cost of any private calls for that phone paid for by the employer
unless they can be converted into money by the employee.

This is on the proviso its fully paid by the employer and not used by the persons family.

Given they will now be contributing its arguably a taxable benefit

surreysaver

ihatebt wrote: »

In my opinion:
A company mobile should be for work calls only
Your company email address should be for work emails only

That's the trouble with opinions - everyone has a different one, which is why these policies need to be written down. I use the internet at work, and my opinion is that I am allowed to look at anything that is not blocked, as there is no written down policy that we have been given or told about.

seadee

My company, which uses o2, has the facility for everyone to access their bills online. Staff are expected to highlight any personal calls and then pay for them every 3 months. Various managers can access the phone call records and so spot checks are done. Although proving you were calling someone for a personal chat rather than a business one is not always that easy.
Every company should take the time and trouble to write a policy on this, and on internet access and use too.