Business drivers reimbursement survey.

Nearly 9 in 10 Canadian companies reimburse employees for the business use of their personal vehicles and the average reimbursement is 28 cents per kilometre, according to the latest survey from Runzheimer Canada, the Toronto-based management consulting firm.

Of the 173 corporate managers who responded to the Runzheimer survey, only 12% do not reimburse employees for driving their personal vehicle on business, while 88% do.

The average reimbursement per business kilometre is 28 cents, although some companies pay as little as 8 cents or as much as 50 cents.

"The 28 cents-per-kilometre average is far less than the 35 cents-per-kilometre for the first 5,000 …