Yes you will be able to claim the difference between what you employer reimbursed you per mile and the allowable IRS mileage rate of 54 cents/mile for the 2016 calendar year.
If you have any
deductible business mileages as an employee, you can report your business miles
as an employee under job-related expenses. In order to claim business miles as
an employee, you will need to itemize your deductions. NOTE: Job-related
expenses are not fully deductible as they are subject to the 2% rule. If
your standard deduction is greater than your combined itemized deductions, then
TurboTax is recommend the standard deduction.
You would enter your
unreimbursed employment expenses in TurboTax (for TurboTax Online sign-in,
click Here) 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
