Yes- If your employer
reimbursed your business miles but included this reimbursement in your taxable
income, then you can claim a deduction for the full amount of your business miles. (The IRS rate per business mile for 2017 is 53.5 cents per mile.)
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 (show all tax breaks)> 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 2017 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
