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How do I add mileage to claim?
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You can use the steps below to add mileage used for a W-2 paid job. TurboTax Deluxe is needed to enter employee expenses.
Follow the instructions below to enter your mileage:
1. Select "Federal Taxes" at the top of the page
2. Select the "Deductions & Credits" sub-tab
3. Scroll down to "Employment Expenses" and select "Show More"
4. Select "Start" next to "Job Expenses for W-2 Income"
5.
Select "Edit" next to your occupation(Or enter it when asked)
6. Continue forward through the screens answering the questions to enter
your vehicle information and to enter mileage
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Hi, My wife is a travelling sales rep for a small company. She is not self employed (they issue her a standard W2), but she is not reimbursed for mileage. I am trying to figure out where we enter her mileage info. I followed the above but the only option seems to be for self employed. Is that the correct place to enter her mileage info?
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@jhalleau wrote:
Hi, My wife is a travelling sales rep for a small company. She is not self employed (they issue her a standard W2), but she is not reimbursed for mileage. I am trying to figure out where we enter her mileage info. I followed the above but the only option seems to be for self employed. Is that the correct place to enter her mileage info?
The answer above was for a prior tax year and is no longer valid.
Employee business expenses, including mileage, are not deductible on a federal tax return due to the tax code changes in effect for tax years 2018 thru 2025.
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I work for the county and did not claim my mileage through them, can I add it to my income taxes this year?
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@ivygirl66 If you are a W-2 employee you cannot deduct mileage or any other job-related expenses on your federal return.
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I am a Home Health Aid and I have to travel in order to get to my patients home. I don’t drive or own a car myself. My boyfriend uses his car and takes me to and from whenever he gets the chance. My job gave me a mileage reimbursement on one of my paychecks. Is this something that I have to write down on my taxes? Or am I okay with not reporting it?
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Depending on how your employer reports the mileage will determine if it is taxable on your tax return. If it is included as part of your wages, under line 1 of the W-2, you will report the income as it appears on your W-2, which is considered taxable income.
If the income is considered taxable, you may be able to claim business mileage on your Schedule A under job expenses and certain miscellaneous deductions. To enter this into TurboTax, you will follow these steps:
- Click Deductions and Credits
- Scroll Down to employment expenses, click show more
- Click Start next to Job expenses for W-2 Income
- Click Yes
- Enter the occupation
- Answer questions as they pertain to your work
- Under Any vehicle expenses or sales, click yes
- Enter vehicle information
For more information on vehicle mileage reimbursements, see the link below:
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