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as i recall they do get mileage compensation, but F that. Unless i bought a dodgy Caravan or something you won't see me doing this, even then...upkeep vs compensation...doesn't sound like a good deal to me.
Seeing what many rural carriers drive, depreciation ended long ago. If they comp you at max rate allowable without being considered income (plausible as it's govt) and you drive something cheap, you can make quite a bit tax free. It could actually be a good use case for a crap Leaf with a battery pack that is no good for anyone else and therefore headed for scrap. Mail delivery is almost perfect use case for an EV. Obviously paying 50K plus would wreck the economics but if you can find one cheap enough and have somewhere to park/charge it when you aren't working, you could make a killing.
sure, I would agree somewhere, someone is making 'it work'. Not worth the headache for me, I'd rather use your money, your vehicle and the taxpayer gas card.
Being compensated by the employer for business use of personal vehicle almost never works out in favour of the vehicle owner/employee.
That's one way to make it work.
Yup I'm one of those "Very Rural" areas. We have a great carrier in one of those box's. Last year she dropped a package to us and I told her I could smell gas from her vehicle to which she replied it has a fuel leak and she was hurrying to deliver all the packages before it al drains out. I guess she just wanted to leave work instead of going back for a safe vehicle. Sure enough there was a fuel puddle left and a trail as she drove away.
Under the max per-kilometer allowance, a postie who drives 30,000kms for work would be reimbursed $18,900 which is tax free.
Yeah.. those boxes are pretty terrible all in all...
From what I understand, CP pays a generous amount to the RSMC's (people with own vehicles). Enough to pay for mileage, gas and insurance, or very close to it. Average distance for RSMC's would be around 60-70km per day for a full time route.
It that's the case this CMB must be moved because it's on the side of the street that is signed as "No Parking". The carrier must park illegally in order to be located on the same side of the road directly in front of the CMB. If they are required to park legally, they would need to cross the road to reach the box. I may bring this up with the local carrier depot.
Absolutely your right to bring it up to the depot. Ask to talk to the supervisor of your street, and they'll figure something out.
Flyers have slimmed down for me. They might come once a week, and usually it's all bundled in a plastic bag, which gets immediately tossed.
WHAT. They still actually print those?
I loved Thursdays around here. My neighbour's kids were delivering it every Thursday, and it was like Christmas here...
The same people that advertise in the weekly church newsletters! Don't underestimate the power of print advertising in something that is 'comfortable' and 'understood' by the older generation.
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