Where to enter Mileage for self employed business

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March 21, 2020
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I've tried to follow instructions. I'm at 'common expenses for rideshare drivers' and can't file mileage option. It has radial dials starting with Car & Equipment rental, Communications, Advertising, etc. No Mileage anywhere?

TurboTax Self Employed Online

Best answer by GiseleD

Please see the steps below to enter your expenses in TurboTax Online.

Select the Federal Taxes tab
Scroll down to Self Employment Income and Expenses and click Review (this assumes that you have already entered your self-employed income)
Click Review again next to the specific self-employed activity and proceed through the interview until you reach the screen that says: What kind of expenses did you have for ______?
Check the box that says Vehicle and continue through the other expense checkboxes. Click Continue.
On the screen that says Here’s your ______ info, scroll to Expenses, and click Start next to Vehicle.
Proceed through the interview, enter your vehicle information, and enter your miles.
When you get to the screen that says Based on the miles you drove, your standard mileage deduction for this [vehicle] is:, scroll down and click the button that says I'll enter my actual expenses because my higher repair, gas, and insurance expenses might get me a bigger tax break.

GiseleDAnswer

Level 14

Please see the steps below to enter your expenses in TurboTax Online.

Select the Federal Taxes tab
Scroll down to Self Employment Income and Expenses and click Review (this assumes that you have already entered your self-employed income)
Click Review again next to the specific self-employed activity and proceed through the interview until you reach the screen that says: What kind of expenses did you have for ______?
Check the box that says Vehicle and continue through the other expense checkboxes. Click Continue.
On the screen that says Here’s your ______ info, scroll to Expenses, and click Start next to Vehicle.
Proceed through the interview, enter your vehicle information, and enter your miles.
When you get to the screen that says Based on the miles you drove, your standard mileage deduction for this [vehicle] is:, scroll down and click the button that says I'll enter my actual expenses because my higher repair, gas, and insurance expenses might get me a bigger tax break.

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MG26Author

Level 4

Thank you. It wasn't that intuitive when I was at 'vehicle'. It just displays basic info about the car with no indication that I'd be entering mileage in a few more continue clicks.