Yes very specifically had one modified to fit the height of loading docks with a hydraulic gate, to move heavy ass things and a crew of workers, maybe in some cases another vehicle would make sense but we had to get equipment to some pretty remote places as well. Of course one of our employees took it home everyday to do burnouts or whatever. To a certain extent cops are more lenient to a commercial vehicle.
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FireRetardant@lemmy.world 6 days agoThe loophole is many who own their own trades business still drive them for personal uses because they can’t afford (don’t want) another car.
MML@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
scarabic@lemmy.world 5 days ago
That’s not a loophole. If the truck wasn’t driven to this movie theater for work purposes, then it wasn’t driven for work purposes.
FireRetardant@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Its same as business owners writing things like toilet paper for their house off as a business expense. Its almost impossible to enforce. He could pop into a dollar store, buy a pack of zip ties, and claim they are for work and justifies using the work truck.
scarabic@lemmy.world 5 days ago
It’s a myth that you can write anything off as a business expense and the IRS can’t do anything about it.
FireRetardant@lemmy.world 5 days ago
See you say that, yet many people get away with it all the time because it isn’t enforced. It is illegal, but no one is chasing it down. Work from home/business located on the same property? People get their water systems serviced and installed under their company name as a “business expense” even if 90-99% of the water use is personal. Same with gas in the work truck even if you brought the kids to soccer after school in it etc etc. If it isn’t enforced, it isn’t a myth. The IRS CAN do something about, but only once you frauded enough to be worth their time.
DiarrheaSommelier@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
If they used a functional and efficient (and way less expensive) van instead of a pickup for their trade, the ownership and fuel savings would more than pay for a reasonable car to use as a car.
CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.today 6 days ago
If only the people who drove them for legitimate work purposes owned them, even as their only vehicle, it would be a huge number off the roads.