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lsadawn05
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I clean houses for a business and drive 5-600 miles per week from house to house, how do I need to file to write off mileage but u get pd w a w-2

I can put in my w-2 info but where would I put my mileage
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Hal_Al
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I clean houses for a business and drive 5-600 miles per week from house to house, how do I need to file to write off mileage but u get pd w a w-2

If you are paid by W-2, ,ou are allowed to deduct your mileage (54 cents for 2016) and other job expenses, subtracting what you were reimbursed (do not subtract your reimbursement if it was included on your W-2 as taxable income). TurboTax completes form  2106, which  then carries to Misc itemized deductions on Schedule A. The problem with this is that you only get to deduct that portion of  your misc deductions that exceed 2% of your AGI. and then only if your total  itemized deductions exceed the standard deduction.  (2% rule explained: https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2902781-what-is-the-2-rule)

 In TurboTax, enter at:

Federal Taxes Tab (Personal for H&B version)

Deductions & Credits

I'll choose what I work on

-Scroll down to:

-Employment Expenses
-- Job related expenses

If you go to 2 or more job sites in a single day then the 2nd trip is deductible as an employee expense. For example you leave home drive 5 miles to the 1st job then drive 10 miles to the 2nd site. At the end of the day you drive 15 miles home. Only the 10 miles between jobs is deductible. The first trip in the morning, from home and the last trip at night back home are considered commuting and are not deductible.

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