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For Field staff working over 20 hours/week and intending to remain full-time (over 20 hours) with Reliant for at least 12 months after the phone is purchased. 

Part-time field staff working fewer than 20 hours a week are not eligible for purchasing cell phones. An appeal may be made through an exception request. 

Associates are not eligible for purchasing cell phones.

However, there is a 90 Day Eligibility Extension for Taxable Expenses for Associates who are in "pre-employment" status (please review the Standard for more details).  

Key Change to the Standard: 

• There is now a higher max available limit (in the past the limit was $500)
• Cell phones are now 75% nontaxable and 25 taxable. It used to be 100% taxable
• For full-time workers intending to remain on workers for at least 12 months

Add a brief description of the app (one-time purchase or subscription) and an explanation of the ministry purpose

Key Change to the Standard: Apps are being entered into a new category now ("Downloads"). They were historically entered as "supplies".

For Field Staff working over 20 hours/week and intending to remain full-time (over 20 hours) with Reliant for at least 12 months after the computer/computer equipment is purchased. 

One-year fixed-term employees are able to reimburse a computer at the start of their year term if it is part of their parameters.

Part-time field staff working fewer than 20 hours a week are not eligible for purchasing computer/computer equipment. An appeal may be made through an exception request. 

Associates are not eligible for purchasing computer/computer equipment.

However, there is a 90 Day Eligibility Extension for Taxable Expenses as an Associate (please review the Standard for more details).

Key Change to the Standard: 

• For full-time workers intending to remain on staff for at least 12 months
• The standard is now every 3 years (used to be 2) because 3 years align more closely with the depreciable life of a computer per recommended guidelines.
• There is no longer a max limit amount as there was previously. 
• Computers are now 75% nontaxable and 25 taxable. It used to be 100% taxable

For Field Staff working over 20 hours/week and intending to remain full-time (over 20 hours) with Reliant for at least 12 months after the software is purchased. 

One-year fixed-term employees are able to reimburse software at the start of their year term if it is part of their parameters.

Part-time field staff working fewer than 20 hours a week are not eligible for purchasing software outright (an appeal may be made through an exception request) but can reimburse monthly software subscriptions

Associates are not eligible for purchasing software outright but can reimburse monthly software subscriptions

There is a 90 Day Eligibility Extension for Taxable Expenses as an Associate (please review the Standard for more details).

Downloaded media items must be reimbursed at the point they are purchased. Meaning, no reimbursement of gift cards bought for expected future downloads. You can only reimburse ministry-related downloads as individual expenses at the point that you make them.

Books related to a continuing education class should not be expensed on a normal reimbursement form. They should only be submitted using the Continuing Education form.

Key Change to the Standard: Downloads do not have to be religious in nature as long as they have a valid ministry purpose. 

Key Change to the Standard: In the past, there was a category for continuing education on the normal reimbursement form. There is now a separate form for all expenses related to continuing education.