It depends. If you were a W2 employee or this was your regular principal location for self-employment, then no, mileage is not deductible.
If you were an independent contractor and NOT a W2 employee and this was not your regular location (example..you worked security at 8 different locations) then yes, you can deduct your mileage. To Enter your self-Employed Mileage click the following:
- Income and Expenses
- Edit/Add next to Self-Employment income and expenses
- Review next to the business (Your business income must be entered first..see below if you have not entered business income)
- Click Add Expenses for this work (You will be prompted to upgrade to TurboTax Self-Employed)
- Scroll down click Vehicle Expenses
- Continue
- Walk through to enter your mileage
If you need to enter self-employed income and have not. You will need to click the following once fully logged into your return:
- Tax Home
- Federal
- Wages and Income
- Scroll down and click Add More income
- See list of all income
- Click Show More next to Self-Employment
- Start next to Self-Employment
- As you walk through the entries you will be prompted to upgrade depending on your entries either while entering income or when it asks you to enter your expenses.
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