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2024 IRS Business Mileage Rate of 67 Cents Informed by Motus Cost Data and Analysis 

Vehicle Ownership and Operating Cost Analyses Reveals Inflation, Fuel Prices, and Acquisition Costs Underpin New Mileage Rate  BOSTON, Mass., December 14, 2023 – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has unveiled...

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Managed Mobility

Benefits of Managed Mobility Services (MMS)

Jennifer Warren on June 6, 2023

Managed mobility services (MMS) have emerged from the legacy telecom expense management (TEM) industry as a game-changer for businesses seeking to optimize their mobile strategies or outsource their mobility management to…

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The Importance of Accurate Mileage Logs

Xochitl Arteaga on June 1, 2023

Log… Isn’t that, like, a chopped section of a tree? It is! And that’s kind of where the term originated. Before the days when we had gauges to determine speed,…

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Bring Your Own COVID-19 Industry Trends Technology

Employees Working From Home? A Legal Overview

Xochitl Arteaga on May 31, 2023

A Legal Overview of Work From Home Reimbursement The world is a different place today than it was a several years ago. The workplace we knew it gained a broader…

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Mobile Workforce

Driver Insurance Compliance: The Importance of Insurance Verification

Ben Reiland on May 25, 2023

You can’t leave the country without a passport. And you can’t drive your car without the keys. You could probably eat spaghetti without a fork, but it sounds… messy. In a…

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Mobile Workforce Vehicle Reimbursement

Vehicle Programs: What is The Average Car Allowance in 2023?

Ben Reiland on May 18, 2023

Car allowances are popular among many businesses for a number of reasons. For one, they’re easy to implement. For another, they don’t change a whole lot. Each month, companies reimburse employees who…

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How Motus Approaches BYO with Our Own Employees

Motus on May 16, 2023

Motus has been in the reimbursement game for a long time. While the majority of that has been spent in the vehicle space, we got into asset reimbursement three years…

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Mobile Workforce Vehicle Reimbursement

Variations in Odometer Readings

Ben Reiland on May 2, 2023

You may be wondering why the odometer reading in your vehicle differs from the distance calculated by an online mapping provider. The answer is simple: although vehicle odometer readings are close to the actual mileage traveled, they are not precise. Surprising to many, there is no federal law that regulates odometer accuracy, only guidelines by The Society of Automotive Engineers that allow for a margin of error of plus or minus four percent. A FOX19 report on odometer readings found that four vehicles of different makes all registered inaccurate readings. Some readings overshot the mileage driven, while others under reported the mileage driven. Even a variance of twenty feet per mile driven could result in a discrepancy of over five-hundred miles over the vehicle’s lifetime.

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CFOs Make Wise Financial Decisions Using Business Insights

Greg Heller on April 25, 2023

Finance teams have always been responsible for reporting on the health and performance of their businesses. Historical reporting according to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), however, doesn’t always present the…

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Managed Mobility

The Compatibility and Vulnerability Concerns of Older 4G Devices in the Enterprise

Jennifer Warren on April 18, 2023

As technology continues to evolve, the corporate world is moving towards the next generation of mobile networks – 5G. As newer technologies are introduced into the market, older devices tend…

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