Mileage Deductions: What Counts and What Doesn’t

Driving for work? Dr. Friday explains the rules for mileage deductions, who qualifies, and what trips don’t count toward your tax write-offs.

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G’day, I’m Dr. Friday, president of Dr. Friday’s Tax and Financial Firm. To get more info, go to www.drfriday.com. This is a one-minute moment.

For all of my people that drive their car for making money—meaning your Ubers, or if you’re a real estate individual and you’re tracking your miles—this is a perfect time. We get 70 cents a mile for true business miles.

Now that does not include commuting. So if you’re at home and you’re going to your office and then you’re coming back home, even if you have a home office, in some cases you cannot deduct two offices. If you’re working from home for your own purpose, that’s not gonna be a deduction.

If you’re doing it because the boss says, “Hey, we don’t have room in the office, you work from home,” then that home office may qualify as long as you’re on a 1099.

You have any more questions, just give our office a call.

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