Tag: Notice 2011-72
The Internal Revenue Service issued guidance designed to clarify the tax treatment of employer-provided cell phones.
The guidance relates to a provision in the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, enacted last fall, that removed cell phones from the definition of listed property, a category under tax law that normally requires additional recordkeeping by taxpayers. The
Notice 2011-72 Tax Treatment of Employer-Provided Cell Phones
PURPOSE This notice provides guidance on the tax treatment of cellular telephones or other similar telecommunications equipment (hereinafter collectively “cell phones”) that employers provide to their employees primarily for noncompensatory business purposes. BACKGROUND Section 2043 of the Small Business Jobs
Reimbursement of Employee Personal Cell Phone Usage (Notice 2011-72)
Notice 2011-72 addresses the tax treatment of employer-provided cell phones for noncompensatory purposes. The Notice provides that, for tax years after December 31, 2009, the IRS will treat the employee’s use of employer-provided cell phones for reasons related to the
