Can employers force you to use your personal credit card for travel?
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Can employers force you to use your personal credit card for travel?
Asked on March 3, 2012 under Business Law, Rhode Island
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Yes, an employer may require that employees use their personal credit card for business travel. Furthermore, while the employer is free to reimburse the employees for their travel-related costs, and the tax-code provides some inventives for them to do so, reimbursment is not actually required by the law; an employer could make it a term or condition of employment that employees bear their own costs. (Though in that case, it's possible the employees may entitled to some deductions; in that instance, an employee should speak with his or her tax preparer about this.)
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