I am a self-employed clergy as well as a volunteer/employee of the National Disaster Medical System. I label it as volunteer/employee because we are not paid unless we are officially activated for a disaster. However we are asked to come to drills several times a year. We are not paid for these drills, but they are necessary to keep everyone on the team ready in case of activation. When activated we are considered federal employees. In 2016 we were not activated, therefore, I did not receive any income from NDMS. I am not reimbursed for expenses incurred traveling to drill. Distance to drill is over 100 miles.
I use the same vehicle to go to these drills and to perform my clergy duties.
1) Can I deduct the mileage specific to each job even though I used the same vehicle?
2) Will TurboTax try to depreciate my vehicle twice?
3) Can I deduct any NDMS travel expenses since I did not receive any income from them this year?
