Reimbursement for business errand when coming from home.

[lebodano]

Our business is a physical location a town over - we do NOT claim any part of our home as deductible. We reimburse work related drives at $0.545/mile and understand home to work or vice versa is not deductible. If I run an errand from my house & back specifically for the business is it reimburseable? Ex. I need to make a Bank deposit for the business and travel from my house and back.

[AnnetteB · Accepted solution]

Yes, if you use your car for a business purpose (running an errand to the bank for example), then the miles that you drive are deductible. 

It is not required that you have a home office to be able to deduct the miles.  However, you should have detailed records to document the business miles. 

[lebodano]

Thank you. What about after going from a first job to do an errand for the second job (my business). From that errand to home, is that deductible?

[AnnetteB]

If well documented, it could be deductible.

[lebodano]

What do you mean well documented other than identifying vehicle, start location, end location, mileage and description like "drive back from depositing money at bank"? Anything in addition in this type of scenario?

[AnnetteB]

That would be well documented!  You're on the right track.