this is the neverending song. a long time ago an accountant showed me the tax code and it is ambiguous enough that if your company chose to they could do things in a manner that would require you to file your "free vehicle and gas" on your income tax. just because you may go directly to a jobsite does not exempt you from all the times you didn't. i was a tech for 30 years and i always thought it was a fair trade to get a free ride to and from work for the cost of travel time. however.....you must be paid when you are on a customer location billing time and that is very difficult issue to resolve. my solution was to leave home a little late on those days when my first stop was close to home and consider the extra time with my wife and my coffee cup an acceptable trade off. the company gets a few minutes of billable time for free and i get an extra cup of coffee.