Non commuting meaning in self employed expenses

[tashr143]

Please define "non commuting" in the mileage section of self employed return. Please let me know if I am understanding this right 🙂  My husband goes to work at temporary locations, he is in carpentry. This is not considered commuting, right? So he would include those as non commuting miles? Thanks!

[KatrinaB]

It depends. The only way any of these miles would be considered non-commuting, is if your husband is going outside of the metropolitan area where he normally works. Then it would be considered a temporary work location, because it is a temporary area. Please view the IRS link below for more information about the distinction.

https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-drop/rr-99-7.pdf

General rule: A taxpayer’s costs of commuting between his or her personal residence and the taxpayer’s place of business are nondeductible personal expenses. However, the cost of going between one business location and another business location generally are deductible.