Timeline for How can I persuade my boss to license the software I need to use?
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| Jul 28, 2017 at 15:56 | comment | added | xxbbcc | @simbabque That is correct. In my situation, the company was fine with it, as long as I filed a copy of the license with IT. | |
| Jul 28, 2017 at 15:20 | comment | added | Alex Howansky | Important note regarding option #1 -- unreimbursed work expenses are tax deductible. If you decide to buy a license for yourself, keep the receipt and write it off. Doesn't make it free, but it will hurt a bit less. | |
| Jul 28, 2017 at 8:31 | comment | added | simbabque | In some countries, you are not allowed to use personal licences that you own in a professional setting when you're an employee. In Germany for example that's tricky. It depends on the exact licence and the company's policy, and most probably tax law. While bringing your own knifes as a chef is common, and BYOD is starting to be more common (though has security aspects), bring your own software has not really taken off, and there are no proper legal boundaries implemented for it here. | |
| Jul 27, 2017 at 21:35 | comment | added | xxbbcc | @GreenMatt Thank you, I'll keep my answer as is. I think the same options still apply. If I decided to keep using the community edition (legal or not), I wouldn't report the company for that. | |
| Jul 27, 2017 at 21:29 | comment | added | GreenMatt | The q has been re-worked, in case you want to update your answer. | |
| Jul 27, 2017 at 18:41 | comment | added | xxbbcc | @BSMP Yes, that's correct. Where I live, I cannot do that but I still get my own tools when I have specific preferences - it's just easier that way. On one occasion I explained to one of the company founders that I'd get Office (which was not approved) because I don't like Google Docs and he told me not to worry about it - if I really felt that strongly about it, the company would buy it for me (and it did). | |
| Jul 27, 2017 at 18:34 | comment | added | BSMP | If OP goes for your first option, they should look into whether they can write it off on their taxes (obviously this depends on where they live). | |
| Jul 27, 2017 at 17:45 | history | answered | xxbbcc | CC BY-SA 3.0 |