Hi, I am a newbie (long haul, cross-border). My company calls my cell phone all the time and I often use the ArriveCan app, yet, they refuse to provide a signed T2200 form so I can claim my expense when filing my tax return. I know it is reasonable to claim such expense as I use my phone solely to earn money. Can anyone please advise? Thanks.
Company refuses to sign a T2200 form
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Quit answering your phone when they call....
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Employed Individuals
"Generally, an employee may be able to deduct certain expenses paid for employment if they had to pay for the expenses under their contract of employment and they obtain a completed and signed Form T2200, Declaration of Conditions of Employment, from their employer. In particular, an employee may be able to deduct a part of a basic cell phone service plan "
CRA Info on Tax Treatment of Cell Phones - Ontario Trucking Association
I am not asking for allowance/reimbursement so I wonder why my company will refuse -
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The question is how much (by percentage) is your cell phone used for personal use and how much is used for communicating with your company?
A very quick perusal of the Canadian rules makes me think it needs to be over 20% business to be eligible, not to mention worthwhile of your time and effort.
I also wonder if signing this form might confuse your employment relationship with your carrier - I think if you are an IC, signing that form would indicate you are an employee and open them up to a whole can of problems.
Talk to a cpa, and they can get you sorted, but for a $300 deduction I wouldn't worry about it.Lonesome and kuelaine89 Thank this. -
To begin with, I bought a dual sim phone for solely work use, i.e. separate 100% from my personal use. One slot is for Canadian communication with my company and the other sim slot is used to communicate in the U.S. My company calls me through out the day and the colleagues in the U.S. also calls me on the phone but not using the messaging system in the truck. The expense is not small. If I use the trucker plan (Rogers/Bell/Fido) it is $120/month... -
Depends on your tax rate
But in the US , a $1,400 expense deduction would save you about $260 on taxes
Not even a dollar a day, so definitely not worth making a big deal out of with the company if you’re making good money and being treated with respect by the dispatchers.kuelaine89 Thanks this. -
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