It depends
As an employee -
No - You can not deduct commuting miles to and from work as an employed.
Yes - If you have unreimbursed business miles as an employee, you will be able to either to deduct the actually costs related to the business use of your personal vehicle or take a standard business mileage rate (.54 cents per mile in 2016) but not both. Also you will only be able to deduct these job-related expenses if you itemize and these expense are subject to a 2% AGI limitation.
To deduct
unreimbursed business miles as an employee in TurboTax Online (for TurboTax
Online sign-in, click Here) or
Desktop, please follow these steps:
You would enter your
unreimbursed employment expenses under Federal Taxes>Deductions and
Credits> I'll choose what I work on (or jump to full list)> scroll down
to Employment Expenses> Job-related expenses (start/update). Use the
TurboTax guide to help you enter these expense.
- Say "yes" to
question "Did you have any of these expenses in 2015 for your W-2
income?" under the screen titled "Employment Expenses Related to
a W-2".
- after about 6 to 10
question screens, you will get to a screen titled "Job-Related
Expenses" you can put this information here. List as "additional
unreimbursed business miles"
Please refer to this
IRS link for more information about Transportation Costs
