topic Why won't it let me deduct mileage for my farm truck I bought in August? in Deductions & credits

Why won't it let me deduct mileage for my farm truck I bought in August?

coconut5 — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 09:47:15 GMT

It lets me add all the details and then in the final federal review, it brings up an error and tells me:
"Business miles should be blank. This vehicle was placed in service after 6/30/22"
For reference, I bought the truck and started use in August.

Re: Why won't it let me deduct mileage for my farm truck I bought in August?

ErnieS0 — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 00:42:46 GMT

Did you put your miles in the correct box? IRS adjusted the mileage rate mid-year.

There is one box for business miles from 1/1/2022 to 6/30/2022 and a second box for 7/1/2022 to 12/31/2022.

If you bought your truck in August, the first box should be blank.

Re: Why won't it let me deduct mileage for my farm truck I bought in August?

coconut5 — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 05:16:34 GMT

Yes. I have that spot blank. So I have the total mileage in the first box, 0 miles in the next one (1/1/2022-06/30/2022) and the total miles in the August-December box. It’s acting like I’m not allowed to claim it if I bought it the second half of the year, but I can’t find that rule anywhere in IRS publications…

Re: Why won't it let me deduct mileage for my farm truck I bought in August?

DianeW777 — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 16:39:22 GMT

You are allowed to claim all of your business use mileage regardless of when you started your business in 2022. Try entering a zero for miles in the first part of the year. I am not getting your message.

Before you review your farm truck please take the following steps. You should first clear your cache and cookies. It handles many issues that seem nonsensical on a regular basis by removing pieces of data unseen.

Close your TurboTax return first.

Watch to be sure you are selecting 'all time' as example. Do not use selections like 'last hour' for those browsers that give you options.

How to clear your cache

Re: Why won't it let me deduct mileage for my farm truck I bought in August?

Fijiferg — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 00:52:32 GMT

TurboTax gave me the same error. When I went thru the Review Error process, I replaced the zero that I put in that field with a blank. So I deleted the zero and it allowed me to continue. I hope that fixes your issue as well.

Re: Why won't it let me deduct mileage for my farm truck I bought in August?

JosephS1 — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 14:13:58 GMT

Did the suggestions work for you coconut5? Please advise if they did or did not so if they did not we can assist you further. Thanks.

@coconut5

Re: Why won't it let me deduct mileage for my farm truck I bought in August?

coconut5 — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 14:53:32 GMT

Yes! I had tried that the first time around and it wouldn’t let me change anything. But I ended up just scrapping the whole thing and redoing my taxes from the beginning. This time when that came up in review it did allow me to erase the zero. Thank you for the help!

Re: Why won't it let me deduct mileage for my farm truck I bought in August?

vlockett — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 23:39:03 GMT

If the vehicle was not placed in service between 01/01 - 06/30 that is fine, but TT does not want you to enter a zero. It wants this field left blank. Same for if the vehicle was no longer in service after 06/30-12/31, then TT wants a blank. It does not want a 0.

I hope this better explains.