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**alnorth** · 05-07-2011, 11:05 AM

If you guys are deducting mileage driven to/from work, you better not get audited.

There are not many people for whom this applies. Say you drive to your work or business (not deductible), and then after you hypothetically "punch in", your work or business requires you to drive around your car, yeah that is deductible. Driving back home is not.

There are some exceptions. If your job requires you to drive a tremendous amount of miles to a work site, usually temporarily or very occasionally (say you have to drive 500 miles a few times a year to some regional office or whatever), that can also be deductible. Thats obviously not a normal commute.

Some people who tried to get creative have also gotten nailed. Specifically, some thought they found a loophole when they make a phone call in the morning on a multi-level marketing business, then drove to work arguing they are driving from their first job to the second job, that doesn't fly. Driving from a work-at-home job to another completely unrelated job also counts as non-deductible commuting.

05-07-2011, 11:05 AM	#10
alnorth . Join Date: Dec 2002 Casino cash: $57166239	If you guys are deducting mileage driven to/from work, you better not get audited. There are not many people for whom this applies. Say you drive to your work or business (not deductible), and then after you hypothetically "punch in", your work or business requires you to drive around your car, yeah that is deductible. Driving back home is not. There are some exceptions. If your job requires you to drive a tremendous amount of miles to a work site, usually temporarily or very occasionally (say you have to drive 500 miles a few times a year to some regional office or whatever), that can also be deductible. Thats obviously not a normal commute. Some people who tried to get creative have also gotten nailed. Specifically, some thought they found a loophole when they make a phone call in the morning on a multi-level marketing business, then drove to work arguing they are driving from their first job to the second job, that doesn't fly. Driving from a work-at-home job to another completely unrelated job also counts as non-deductible commuting. __________________ how many emo kids does it take to change a lightbulb? HOW MANY?! none they just sit in the dark and cry Last edited by alnorth; 05-07-2011 at 11:17 AM..
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