My husband uses a quarter tank total to get to and from work every day, can we claim that expense on our tax return? It's about 150+ a month just in gas! Thanks!
2007-12-19 02:52:18 · 6 answers · asked by mememe 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
As mentioned above, commuting expense is almost never deductible! However there are very few exceptions.
IRS says:
Commuting expenses. You cannot deduct the costs of taking a bus, trolley, subway, or taxi, or of driving a car between your home and your main or regular place of work. These costs are personal commuting expenses. You cannot deduct commuting expenses no matter how far your home is from your regular place of work. You cannot deduct commuting expenses even if you work during the commuting trip.
Example.
You sometimes use your cell phone to make business calls while commuting to and from work. Sometimes business associates ride with you to and from work, and you have a business discussion in the car. These activities do not change the trip from personal to business. You cannot deduct your commuting expenses.
Examples of deductible transportation.
The following examples show when you can deduct transportation expenses based on the location of your work and your home.
Example 1.
You regularly work in an office in the city where you live. Your employer sends you to a one-week training session at a different office in the same city. You travel directly from your home to the training location and return each day. You can deduct the cost of your daily round-trip transportation between your home and the training location.
Example 2.
Your principal place of business is in your home. You can deduct the cost of round-trip transportation between your qualifying home office and your client's or customer's place of business.
Example 3.
You have no regular office, and you do not have an office in your home. In this case, the location of your first business contact is considered your office. Transportation expenses between your home and this first contact are nondeductible commuting expenses. Transportation expenses between your last business contact and your home are also nondeductible commuting expenses. Although you cannot deduct the costs of these trips, you can deduct the costs of going from one client or customer to another.
If you want read more, please click below link: (Scroll down the empty space, the info is in the middle of the page)
http://www.irs.gov/publications/p463/ch04.html
2007-12-19 05:03:50 · answer #1 · answered by Q 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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Can I claim gas/fuel on our tax return as a job related expense?
My husband uses a quarter tank total to get to and from work every day, can we claim that expense on our tax return? It's about 150+ a month just in gas! Thanks!
2015-08-18 05:09:47 · answer #3 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If this was during work or work related and the company didn't reimburse him then yes you could. But when it is just to get to and from work, I dont think they will accept that.
2007-12-19 03:01:31 · answer #4 · answered by matthew g 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Like bostonian stated, commuting costs are never deductable.
2007-12-19 03:02:14 · answer #5 · answered by Steve 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, sorry. Commuting costs are NEVER deductible. I'm paying twice as much as your hubby is -- I wish it were deductible!
2007-12-19 03:00:20 · answer #6 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋