1099-Misc Business vs Communting miles

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April 24, 2020
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Good Evening,

I received a 1099-Miss form from the custom event center where I bartend events. My name is the business name and my physical address is the business address in my turbo tax business profile. When I work an event I travel from my home aka home office directly to my clients for work and then back to my home/home office when finished working. It is approximately 70 miles round trip. Would these miles be considered commuting or business mileage? I'm confused because I have seen different answers from different tax experts, and don't want to make a mistake on my taxes and cause a red flag. Can i deduct these miles for business? Also, if I have to go to the event center (worksite) for business errands such as for a meeting with the client, or to pick up my paycheck would these miles be considered commuting or business mileage?

Thank you in advance!

1099-Misc

AnnetteB6

Employee Tax Expert

Here is a good answer to your question from user IreneS (difference between business miles and commuting miles😞

Generally, commuting is travel between your home and a work location. Commuting miles are a personal expense and are not deductible.

Business miles are incurred when you go from one workplace to another workplace and are a deductible expense.

As an example:

In a typical work day as a sales rep, you go from your home to your office. - These are commuting miles.
From your office, you travel to Client A, then to Client B, etc. All of this mileage is considered business miles.
From your last client you go home. This, again, is commuting mileage and not deductible.

If you are self-employed and your office is located in your home, you can deduct miles you travel to meet with business clients or perform other business-related functions.
If your office is located away from your home, you cannot deduct miles you travel to go to your office.

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cVsReady9251Author

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Thank you. I'm self-employed and my office is located in my home. I will deduct the miles I travel to meet with business clients or perform other business-related functions.

Thanks again for replying.

Pchaverri

New Member

I have a follow up question. I work FOR a catering company as a 1099 employee (i.e. I do not own the company and my home is not an office in any way). In a typical day I would travel from my house to an event, travel from the event to the “office” of the catering company (a kitchen where I would drop off chafer dishes and other items used for the event), then I would travel home. Given that the first leg of my traveling is to a temporary work location (because events are held in countless locations) and NOT a regular work location, is the mileage from this leg tax deductible? Are any of the other legs tax deductible?

Thank you:)