topic Where do i enter my mileage for delivering pizzas? in Deductions & credits

Where do i enter my mileage for delivering pizzas?

lvcian47 — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:03:30 GMT

Re: Where do i enter my mileage for delivering pizzas?

DoninGA — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 14:57:39 GMT

You will have to upgrade to the Premium online edition to report your self-employment income and expenses.

See this TurboTax support FAQ - https://ttlc.intuit.com/turbotax-support/en-us/help-article/import-export-data-files/enter-self-employment-business-expenses-like-home/L1k6HJY4A_US_en_US?uid=lrdmdnfc

Re: Where do i enter my mileage for delivering pizzas?

xmasbaby0 — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 14:59:08 GMT

Are you self-employed? Delivering for grubhub, door dash, etc. ?

Or do you get a W-2?

If you are a W-2 employee you cannot deduct anything for your mileage on your federal tax return.

Sorry---W-2 employees cannot deduct job-related expenses on a federal return. Job-related expenses were eliminated as a federal deduction for W-2 employees by the tax laws that changed for 2018 and beyond. Your state tax laws might be different in AL, AR, CA, HI, MN, NY or PA.

If you live in a state that lets you deduct job-related expenses, the information will flow from your federal return to the state return, so enter it in Federal>Deductions and Credits>Employment Expenses>Job-Related Expenses

If you are an independent contractor---working for instacart, doordash, ubereats, grubhub, etc. then you have self-employment income and you can enter your business expenses including mileage on a Schedule C. But you need to be using a different version of TurboTax. You posted your question from online Deluxe, which cannot prepare a Schedule C. You need Premium, or any version of the CD/download.

Or—-Use this IRS site for other ways to file for free. There are 8 free software versions available from the IRS Free File site

https://apps.irs.gov/app/freeFile/

Re: Where do i enter my mileage for delivering pizzas?

Hal_Al — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 16:18:28 GMT

Although it may be news to you that you “have a business” (and most of the other people who get their first 1099-NEC); The IRS considers anything on a form 1099-NEC to be self employment income. Enter the 1099 income, at 1099-MISC and Other Common income / income from a 1099-NEC . TurboTax (TT) will complete Schedule C for you and allow you to deduct any expenses associated with this income. You'll also have to pay self employment tax (social security & Medicare) on any profits greater than $432. These types of payments are frequently done this way. Your "employer" is not the only one.

The IRS considers undocumented cash income (no W-2 or 1099-NEC), for work performed, to be self employment income. You report the income from your own records. Enter at "Business Income & Expenses" and TurboTax (TT).