If all you are doing is commuting to work, it is not deductible.
From the IRS
Commuting expenses. You can’t deduct the costs of taking a bus, trolley, subway, or taxi, or of driving a car between your home and your main or regular place of work. These costs are personal commuting expenses. You can’t deduct commuting expenses no matter how far your home is from your regular place of work. You can’t deduct commuting expenses even if you work during the commuting trip
https://www.irs.gov/publications/p463/ch04.htmli drove to work; i thought business could be included; i put 50000 miles in my car in order to get to work
i had to buy this new car in order to start this new job; unfortunately I had to drive 200 miles every day and put 50000 miles in it; i just want to make sure i can get some break from taxes this year
If all you are doing is commuting to work, it is not deductible.
From the IRS
Commuting expenses. You can’t deduct the costs of taking a bus, trolley, subway, or taxi, or of driving a car between your home and your main or regular place of work. These costs are personal commuting expenses. You can’t deduct commuting expenses no matter how far your home is from your regular place of work. You can’t deduct commuting expenses even if you work during the commuting trip
https://www.irs.gov/publications/p463/ch04.html