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This is a question for someone on their coop board, who sees the books.
Can you please share with me what you pay your NON-UNION super, who also has a free (2-BR) apt. in the building? We also have a non-union "porter" who handles the daily sweeping, mopping, and trash collection, so these are not tasks that the super typically does.
Thank you so much.
our condo building has the exact same arrangement like you described above with the super. He gets a salary of $35000/year and the 'porter' is covered under the Super's insurance (the super owns a construction company). But I'm actually looking into the IRS rules to see if this is a tax evation meneuver by the super because the '2-bed' free room is a barter. The super should be paying the tax on the market rent of the room if he only performs ad-hoc repair work (i.e. not at the full capacity of a super). This arrangement is actually illegal because he also gets to deduct the porter's salary from his contruction company, as the porter is basically a sub-contractor to the super.
The salery varies depending on the size of a building and the experience one has. There is nothing free about the super apartment, because you are required by law to have a live in super who is qualified and licensed to operate the buildings equipment, and not to mention, it is the super who receives the emergency calls after hours and also cleans the snow in the winter time.
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our condo building has the exact same arrangement like you described above with the super. He gets a salary of $35000/year and the 'porter' is covered under the Super's insurance (the super owns a construction company). But I'm actually looking into the IRS rules to see if this is a tax evation meneuver by the super because the '2-bed' free room is a barter. The super should be paying the tax on the market rent of the room if he only performs ad-hoc repair work (i.e. not at the full capacity of a super). This arrangement is actually illegal because he also gets to deduct the porter's salary from his contruction company, as the porter is basically a sub-contractor to the super.
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