I am a independent contractor, I go on mystery shopper assignment. Can I get mileage from home to assignment and back again

[DS30 · Accepted solution]

Yes. Since you are an independent contractor, considered self-employed and have no work location, any miles that you drive related to getting to a work assignment are considered business miles.

To deduct business miles for self-employed in TurboTax Online or Desktop, please follow these steps:

1. Once you are in your tax return, click on the “Business"” tab
2. Next click on “I’ll choose what I work on” (jump to full list)
3. Scroll down the screen until to come to the section “Business Income and Expense”
4. Choose “Profit or Loss from Business ” and select start/revisit/update.
5. If your business is already listed, choose to "edit"
6. You will eventually get to a screen titled "Your () Business"
7. Scroll down to Business Expenses and select "Business Vehicle Expense".