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New Member
posted May 31, 2019 5:10:12 PM

What means round trip average daily commute

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New Member
May 31, 2019 5:10:14 PM

Your round trip average daily commute is the distance you travel from your home to your office and back.  

For example: let's say that your house is 10 miles from your office (or other place of work).  Your round trip average daily commute would be 10 + 10 = 20 miles.

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New Member
May 31, 2019 5:10:14 PM

Your round trip average daily commute is the distance you travel from your home to your office and back.  

For example: let's say that your house is 10 miles from your office (or other place of work).  Your round trip average daily commute would be 10 + 10 = 20 miles.

New Member
May 31, 2019 5:10:17 PM

If I work from a home office does that mean its 0? Not sure why its forcing me to fill in this information. I don't have a commute to work

New Member
May 31, 2019 5:10:21 PM

@laura Correct.  If you worked from home, then your commute is zero.  However you should leave this as blank instead of entering zero.

New Member
May 31, 2019 5:10:24 PM

My daily commute to my main office is 1 mile (one way) but I travel to multiple different sites daily. Do I just enter the 2 miles that it takes to go from home to main office and back or do I need to do an average of miles driven daily to all sites.

New Member
May 31, 2019 5:10:27 PM

@elizabeth.f.wyli The "commute" portion would just be your miles from your home to office.

New Member
May 31, 2019 5:10:30 PM

total miles driven for all purposes

New Member
May 31, 2019 5:10:31 PM

My question was really about transit fare to and from work and to and from Therapy and Psychiatric appointments. This includes cabfare on occasion. Are these items deductible?