I work offshore in the oil and gas industry. I do a lot of traveling between La and Tx. I can itemize my milage ,what about meals and personal exspenses incurred while away from home, work clothes and so on. Do I qualify even though I am not self employed
2006-12-18 11:49:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Insurance
work clothes: yes, only if it is a required uniform that you are not provided or reimbursed for.
the meals & personal stuff will depend on if your job covers it with either reimbursement or an expense account. And of course they must be job related. I would want to say that the meals you probably can.
2006-12-19 05:49:16 · answer #1 · answered by ricks 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a formula that covers how much you can deduct for these expensed. Of course, you cannot claim anything that your employer reimburses you for. And, your total deductions have to be more than the standard deduction, else, it doesn't make sense.
2006-12-18 19:55:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1040, Schedule A , Line 20 -
Get & read the instructions for this line
http://www.irs.gov/
http://search.irs.gov/web/query.html?col=allirs&charset=utf-8&qp=&qs=-Wct%3A%22Internal+Revenue+Manual%22&qc=&qm=0&rf=0&oq=&qt=Schedule+a&search.x=0&search.y=0&search=%26%24self.text%28u%27search%27%29%3B
2006-12-18 20:00:13 · answer #3 · answered by kate 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes as long as it is being used for the purpose of work.
2006-12-18 19:52:21 · answer #4 · answered by Agama 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋