No, do not enter mileage, if you are a W-2 employee, under Other Deductible Expenses. If you had two jobs, you could deduct the mileage from the first job to the second job.
Tip: If the only work-related use of your car
is commuting back and forth between your home and main workplace, do not enter
any vehicle mileage or expenses. The IRS doesn't let employees deduct commuting
costs.
If you are an employee, vehicle (Job-related)
expenses are reported on
Form 2106 (Employee Business Expenses).
To enter qualified mileage expense incurred while an employee:
- Type vehicle expenses, employee in the search
box and click search..
- Click the Jump to vehicle expenses, employee link
in the search results.
- At the Tell us
about the occupation you have expenses for screen, enter your
occupation.
- Click Continue, and follow the onscreen
instructions.
- If you land on
the Job-Related Expenses Summary screen
instead, you can either Edit expenses for an existing job or
click Add Another Occupation to enter expenses for a new one.
If you are
self-employed (Schedule C), enter/edit your vehicle's mileage:
- Type vehicle expenses, self-employed
business in the search/find box and click search.
- Click on Jump to vehicle
expenses, self-employed business.
- Edit your business.
- At the 'Your xxxx Business' screen,
scroll down to Business Expenses.
- Click start/update next to Business
Vehicle Expense.
- Continue with the onscreen interview until you
get to the 'How Do You Want to Enter Your Mileage for your vehicle'.
