Do the drives back home from business meetings count as business miles? I'm self-employed and make multiple trips back home daily after meeting customers.

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June 1, 2019
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viktoriyab11

Level 7

If you use your home for a home office deduction, the home office establishes yours home as the principal place of business. Therefore, miles driven from or to that location and a place of business are deductible as business miles. However, if qualifications are not met for a home office deduction, your home is considered your residence, and any miles driven to or from that location and a place of business are considered commuting miles. If you drive from one place of business to another place of business, you can deduct those miles driven.

RF5

Level 2

What about if you are driving from home in the morning to a work meeting, but it isn't at location of your job, or if you were a nanny driving from home to pick kids up at school are 2 examples I can think of and your home is not a home office?

xmasbaby0

Level 15

Please explain if you are asking about a self-employed worker or a W-2 employee. If you are asking about a W-2 employee, then mileage is not deductible on your federal return. Your hypothetical nanny could be a W-2 employee. The new tax law that went into effect for 2018 returns eliminated job-related expenses as a deduction for W-2 employees.

https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/4482873-which-federal-tax-deductions-have-been-suspended-by-tax-reform

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