Employee rights question.

[FullStrength]

Are you said clown?

[RyanM]

Are you said clown?

Nope just waiting for the butthurt peeps to chime in

[Southern]

I say unleash hell on him.

[2 beer]

This really is kind of small change. But when you have a few of these add up you may start to understand why shops unionized. It was not so guys could pay due s but so the worker had some protection.

[RyanM]

This really is kind of small change. But when you have a few of these add up you may start to understand why shops unionized. It was not so guys could pay due s but so the worker had some protection.

Unions are there to protect the majority of lazy ass people that think they are worth a shit ton of money

[LilRoush]

Had to buy our uniforms at the aquarium. Part that pissed me off was when you quit/get fired, you have to turn them in - and don't get $$$ back. If you don't turn them in, they dock it out of your last check. W T F !?

At Como we got a set amount of $$ each year to get uniforms, but they "owned" them. You just wore and washed 'em. That's your tax dollars hard at work.

[Max Power]

Unions are there to protect the majority of lazy ass people that think they are worth a shit ton of money

That's not why they were formed.

[RyanM]

That's not why they were formed.

[00Formula]

Unions are there to protect the majority of lazy ass people that think they are worth a shit ton of money

[RyanM]

Sarcasm owns people on this site

[00Formula]

Sarcasm owns people on this site

well, not all of us are great at comprehending e-sarcasm

[RyanM]

well, not all of us are great at comprehending e-sarcasm

[Stormwalker]

Just to chime in since everyone seems to be posting about it being a great tax write-off....


Uniforms would be a miscellaneous deduction. This is subject to the 2% of adjusted gross income limitation.

Examples:

1) You rent. You are just a W-2 earner with no significant medical/RE tax/mortgage interest. You make 35K a year (AGI). Your uniform expense is 500 a year. Sorry, you don't get jack shit as a "write-off".


2) You own a home. You itemize on your tax return. You aren't part of a union, do your own taxes, don't have any other unreimbursed employee expenses, don't have a safety deposit box, etc (aka, no other misc deductions). You make 45K a year (AGI) and spend 1000 on uniforms. Your "write-off" will total........ $100!!!

Oh, and the guidelines for uniforms being eligible for deduction are only if the uniform is required as a condition of employment and is not adaptable to general wear.



Sorry, don't mean to make people angrier than they are, but don't count on just deducting what you spend on uniforms from your tax liability.

[Max Power]

Just to chime in since everyone seems to be posting about it being a great tax write-off....


Uniforms would be a miscellaneous deduction. This is subject to the 2% of adjusted gross income limitation.

Examples:

1) You rent. You are just a W-2 earner with no significant medical/RE tax/mortgage interest. You make 35K a year (AGI). Your uniform expense is 500 a year. Sorry, you don't get jack shit as a "write-off".


2) You own a home. You itemize on your tax return. You aren't part of a union, do your own taxes, don't have any other unreimbursed employee expenses, don't have a safety deposit box, etc (aka, no other misc deductions). You make 45K a year (AGI) and spend 1000 on uniforms. Your "write-off" will total........ $100!!!

Oh, and the guidelines for uniforms being eligible for deduction are only if the uniform is required as a condition of employment and is not adaptable to general wear.



Sorry, don't mean to make people angrier than they are, but don't count on just deducting what you spend on uniforms from your tax liability.

[Pauly]

I know it sucks and yes it is BS but uniforms can be used around the house when working in the garage(I elected to get mine as dirty as i could so i got my moneys worth) and you dont have to wash them either those where my ways of being ok with it

Knew alot of guys just like this. Get uni's from suddenly become work on the car in the garage uni. Kindea is right you claim it on your taxes cause its required. If it was your choice you it wouldn't be worth while claiming cause it has to meet the deduction amount.