Deductions & credits

Unless it has changed, I'm wondering if you either missed a question or if a 'glitch' skipped a question.

 

The program SHOULD ask everybody things like the type of vehicle, business miles, total miles, tolls, parking fees, registration tax and loan interest.

 

But then it SHOULD ask you if you want to to want to enter information for the Actual Expenses or not.  If you say "yes" (to try out Actual Expenses), THEN it should ask you for things like the cost of the vehicle, repairs, etc.   But if you are want to use the Standard Mileage Rate, none of those questions are required and the program shouldn't be asking for those other things.

 

As for your last comment, unless you WANT to use Actual Expense for the entire life of your vehicle,  you should NOT be taking depreciation (besides the built-in component in the Standard Mileage Rate).  If you take depreciation this first year, you can never use the Standard Mileage Rate for this vehicle.