You can claim mileage (and other travel expenses) for military service as an adjustment (rather than a limited deduction) if the following applies:
See Tax
Topic 511 Business Travel Expenses for more details:
- The travel
must be overnight.
- The travel
must be over 100 miles.
- The expenses
are limited to the following:
- The standard
mileage rate for auto expenses
- The regular
per diem rate for lodging, meals, and incidental expenses.
- Any parking
fees, ferry fees, and tolls.
- Any expenses beyond the limited amounts
can be deducted as part of your miscellaneous itemized deductions.
TurboTax will ask if you are “An
Armed Forces Reservist”. Although the question in TurboTax doesn’t use national
guard member, you should still answer yes to trigger the program to make the
necessary calculations.