if vehicle was put into use 11-1-05 does it sound too drastic claiming 17500 business miles for the job of Roadside assistance?
i have records, i think i stretched it…but there was times on my job that i would go 20+ miles and not get the call so therefore it is not "technically" on record…but that is wear and tear on my vehicle, gas, tolls, etc. I feel that just because of those many many incidents that 17500 is a fair number.

i drive all day in my personal vehicle for work–my route has recently changed–and now I have to pay a lot of tolls and for parking while at clients homes..

i normally take the standard mileage deduction
can i do that and also deduct tolls and parking as business expenses?

i do my taxes by myself–i can’t afford an accountant….
my friend uses an accountant-i find her more deductions–because the accountant doesn’t know what to ask her..i had an accountant review my taxes 1x-he said i did everything…
nara-i KNOW you are completely wrong-a salaried employee who is required to use their own vehicle to travel between clients throughout the say CAN deduct mileage—
and how do you ‘find that I am a salaried employee’
a pizza delivery person who does not get reimbursed by their employer can deduct mileage–
the only time a salaried employee cannot deduct is if the employer reimburses-my employer does not
this is US income taxes-

if you are referring to another country you need to indicate that and remember that not all countries are the same

Hi All,
I have just embarked on a sole proprietor business in Malaysia. I have a few questions which I hope some of the experts out there can help to answer:
1) What are the tax forms that I would need to fill up next year?

2) What are the type of deductions that I can use as my business expenditure? Can I use:
i) Housing loan – I’m using my current house as the business premise
ii) Car loan – I’m using my current car as my business mode of transport (to deliver the goods)
iii) Parking tickets, petrol and tolls – I incur all these costs when i deliver the goods
iv) Entertainment – Once in a while, I will have to take my clients out for dinner.
v) Any other things that’s considered as business expenditure? (Electricity, water bill)?

3) Can I also pay myself EPF (Employee portion, employer portion or both)?
Also, I currently have 2 workers that i’ve employed. How do I pay their EPF or make them pay their taxes?

Thanks in advance for your expert help.

I live in a very large US city (family home) and drive about an hour to work everyday (tax home). As long as tax home include the entire city or general area where I conduct business then my tax home and family home are definitely in different areas.

I was assigned to a temporary location that is in my family home area. The assignment was supposed to last for 7 months and actually lasted 8 months. I realistically expected the job to last for less than a year and in reality it did end up lasting for less than a year. Temporary Job or Assignment as defined by publication 463. Correct?

My normal drive from family home to tax home is about 55 miles while my drive from my family home to the temporary job location is 15 miles. If I understand correctly I will deduct my round trip mileage from family home to temporary job location (30 miles/day) plus tolls.

Reading through Pub463 I saw that meals could possibly be deducted too. Is this something that is too sketchy or that the IRS will severely frown upon? In Chapter 1 under "Travel for days you depart and return" it says I should reduce the standard meal allowance by 25%. In Pub1542 the M&IE for my family home area is about . Since I depart and return every day I would reduce the to and then there is the 50% Limit so my actual deduction would be about .

Driving round-trip from my family home to a temporary work location daily, would I be able to claim deductions for mileage, tolls, and M&IE? I’m fairly certain about the mileage and tolls, but what about the M&IE?

I have records for all the travel thanks to the toll road records. The facts are all legitimate too, I’ve been working at my tax home for over 5 years. I don’t want anyone to think I’m trying to lie on my taxes about where I am working, but I do want to take advantage of all my possible deductions.

Can we claim business travel expenses (flight ticket + Rental cars+Tolls) as tax deduction, if employeer is paying hourly on w2 and per dime? In case if you are working in different state from your home state? My understanding is ‘per dime’ is only for Meals, incidental + lodging only