fringe benefit

fringe benefit

A non-monetary perk, incentive, or benefit for working a job that is given in addition to one's normal wage or salary. One of the fringe benefits of working here is getting free lunch in the cafeteria.
See also: benefit, fringe
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • fringe
  • overtime
  • be working overtime
  • working
  • on (one's) own time
  • on one's own time
  • on own time
  • nine-to-five job
  • get on the stick
  • off duty
References in periodicals archive
• Review what special fringe benefits that the IRS consider non-taxable benefits
Fringe Benefit Taxation and IRS Compliance - By Compliance Global Inc.
C corporation stockholders who are also employees generally are entitled to the same tax-free fringe benefits as other employees.
The tax impact of Employee Fringe Benefits
Employer payments or reimbursements for job-related educational expenses also can be excluded from the employee's income as a working condition fringe benefit. Job-related qualifying education is education that (1) is required by an employer or the law to keep a present salary, status, or job; or (2) maintains or improves skills required for present work (Regs.
Providing Sec. 132 fringe benefits to S corporation employees
* If they are doing prevailing wage work today, "How are you discharging your fringe benefit obligations?" It's that simple.
Your piece of the economic stimulus pie: The government contractor marketplace is a hotbed of opportunity for savvy producers
* Partners must then report as taxable income the value of all fringe benefits (other than qualified plans) provided for them by the partnership.
Appendix B: benefit plans for proprietors, partners, and S corporation shareholders
On October 6, 1995, American Airlines filed suit in the Court of Federal Claims seeking a refund based on the contention that the voucher program qualified as a de minimis fringe benefit within the meaning of IRC section 132(a)(4).
De minimis fringe benefit rules: current guidance and tax implications
Although the term "fringe benefit" may not have been used prior to the 1940s, the taxation of perquisites became a very visible issue in the early years of the modern income tax on the administrative front (27) and in the courts.
Assessing Internal Revenue Code section 132 after twenty years
Observation: This Chief Counsel Advice rationale also may apply to other situations where an S corporation provides taxable, properly valued fringe benefits to employee-shareholders.
Deductible personal costs: IRS Chief Counsel Advice allows favorable treatment
Similarly, inequality in the distribution of fringe benefits has also been studied.
Fringe benefits and inequality in the labor market
* A selective fringe benefit. The employer is not required to include all employees in this program.
Non-qualified deferred compensation--the primer. (Blue Chip Strategies)
Yet there was one key fringe benefit where, because it related directly and beneficially to money income and improved status, little disagreement should have been evident.
Did manual workers want industrial welfare? Canteens, latrines and masculinity on British building sites 1918-1970
Fringe benefits accumulate and a return to the previous job or equivalent is guaranteed.
Invisible Citizens
A fringe benefit provided in connection with the performance of services is treated as compensation for the services.
The basics of fringe benefits
The report also calls out public universities and community colleges statewide for providing "excessive fringe benefits" and lucrative exit deals for top administrators, including a $480,418 severance package to the former Illinois State University president after less than a year on the job.
Report says Ill. college chiefs get lavish perks