Mileage deduction problem

[davidvasquez]

I entered my mileage driven for work in the business expenses section. It calculated that I had a 2173.00 deduction. But the amount of my federal refund did not change, even when I deleted the mileage entirely. Shouldn't the amount of my refund have increased?

[JaneM · Accepted solution]

Did you enter the mileage in the business expenses section of the schedule A? If so, the deductions need to be greater than 2% of your income in order to affect your refund.  If the expenses apply to your wages, you have it in the right place, but if the expenses relate to your schedule C, you need to move them to that form or through that area of the Interview.

[davidvasquez]

The detail about the 2% rule was very helpful. I did not see that when I was inputtng my info into TurboTax, so of course I was puzzled when the mileage that I had recorded did not have an impact on my refund. Thank you!