If I am reimbursed gas only in my my own car. Can I claim the difference somehow with std mileage allowance?

Answer 1

Misskenzie is correct. It is a simple matter of filing form 2106 and following through the steps. You then transfer the figure to the bottom of Schedule A. This is where the difficulty comes in. Employment expenses are subject to a floor of 2% of your adjusted gross income (the figure at the bottom of page 1 of the return). So if, for example, your AGI is $50,000 you would need more than $1,000 in employment expenses (assuming no other miscellaneous itemized deductions) to get any tax benefit. You would also need to be able to itemize on Schedule A. If you take the standard deduction there is no need to calculate anything as there is nothing to claim.

You could compute actual expenses but, to do that, you would need to have kept full records, including a note of total and business mileage.

Answer 2

i dont think that you can claim the standard mileage allowance since gas is already included in the .445 cents allowance. there would be no way to calculate the difference. you could use this if you were getting reimbursed by the mile, (i.e. .32 per mile). then you would take the difference.

what you should do is figure out your actual expenses, i.e. insurance, repairs, parking, tolls, etc. what % of your car is used for business purposes? you would use that % for these expenses. the auto expenses allocated to business use would be deductible. note that these expenses have to exceed 2% of your AGI in order to be deductible.

Answer 3

Yes you can claim the standard mileage then subtract what you were actually reimbursed by your company.

Good Luck!