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Mike Antich
Former Editor and Associate Publisher
Automotive Fleet's former editor, Mike Antich, shared his opinions and ideas on the overall commercial fleet industry and draws interesting comments from fleet managers and other industry professionals from across the country. Mike was inducted in the Fleet Hall of Fame in 2010.
If personal use of a company vehicle is allowed, then you are responsible to ensure company compliance with IRS regs and to avoid tax problems associated with unreported personal miles. The reason for this admonition is that more companies are being audited for inadequate recordkeeping of business use.
Read More →The dramatic spike in the price of fuel has increased the cost of allowing personal use of company-provided vehicles. A growing number of companies now question whether they charge employees enough for personal use to offset the increased cost of fuel.
Read More →Examined are the implications of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on fleet incentive monies that are not capitalized into the cost of a vehicle, the sale of out-of-service vehicles to employees, and process controls for decentralized fleets.
Read More →The forecast is for commercial fleets to purchase a comparable number of vehicles in 2007 as they did in the preceding model-year. The high price of fuel is impacting selectors, as are concerns about rising fleet fixed costs.
Read More →Resale values in the wholesale used-vehicle market have softened as retail sales of both new and used vehicles have weakened, said Howard Graus, assistant manager, vehicle remarketing for Automotive Resources International (ARI), a fleet management company headquartered in Mt. Laurel, N.J.
Read More →A major headache for fleet managers is dealing with drivers who willfully abuse their company-provided vehicles. Although they represent a very small minority of drivers, their actions (or lack of action, in the case of neglect) have a direct bearing on the company’s bottom line and fleet budget.
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