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Weber County weighs policy change after staff find non-law-enforcement employees taking vehicles home
Summary
Staff told commissioners 11 non-public-safety employees regularly take county vehicles home; IRS rules make that a taxable benefit and the county is considering position-based requirements or reporting the value on employees' W-2s.
County staff reported to Weber County commissioners that 11 non-law-enforcement employees were taking county vehicles home for commute or on-call purposes and that federal tax rules treat that practice as a taxable fringe benefit unless the employer requires the car for a bona fide business reason.
Scott Park and Sean Wilkinson explained that unless the county requires an employee to take a vehicle home for a defined business need, the IRS requires the county to report a standard valuation as taxable income on the employee's W-2. "The only exception to this is if we require an employee to take a vehicle home, not permit, but require them to take a county…
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