Quick Links
Volume 1
- Budget Message
- Issues in Brief
- Budget Recommendations
- Local Aid to Cities and Towns
- Capital Budget and Debt
Volume 2
- Budget Development
- Financial Statements
- Appropriation Recommendations
- Operating Transfers
- Local Aid - Section 3
- Outside Sections
- Tax Expenditure Budget
- Appendix A
- Glossary
1.018 -Exemption of Meals and Lodging Provided at Work
Item | Description | FY2011 | FY2012 | FY2013 |
---|---|---|---|---|
1.018 | Exemption of Meals and Lodging Provided at Work1
The value of meals and lodging furnished to the employee by the employer on the business premises for the employer's convenience is not included in the income of the employee. The employer's expenses are deductible. Origin: IRC S. 119 Estimate: $7.7 |
7.2 | 7.1 | 7.7 |
Key:
ORIGIN | |
IRC | Federal Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C.) |
---|---|
U.S.C | United States Code |
M.G.L. | Massachusetts General Laws |
Rev. Rul.; C.B. | Revenue Ruling; Cumulative Bulletin of the U.S. Treasury |
ESTIMATES | All estimates are in $ millions. |
Footnote:
1 1 This item and others citing this endnote cover employee fringe benefits. We accept as standard the following treatment of these benefits: the expense incurred by the employer in providing the benefit is properly deductible as a business expense and the benefit is taxed as compensation to the employee as if the employee had received taxable compensation and then used it to purchase the benefit. Of course, there are problems with this analysis. In some cases, the "benefit" is more a condition of employment than a true benefit. For example, a teacher required to have lunch in the school cafeteria may prefer to eat elsewhere even if the school lunch is free. On the other hand, in many cases the provision of tax-free employee benefits is clearly a substitution for taxable compensation.
top of page