Yes, as a member of a reserve component of
the Armed Forces, you can
deduct all of your mileage as
long as you travel more than 100 miles away from home, in connection with your
performance of services as a member of the reserves.
- You can deduct your travel expenses as an adjustment to gross income
rather than as a miscellaneous itemized deduction.
- The amount of expenses you
can deduct is an adjustment to gross income reported
on Form 1040, line 24.
- You can also deduct for
lodging, meals, and incidental expenses and the standard mileage rate (for car
expenses) plus any parking fees, ferry fees, and tolls.
- Any expenses in excess of
these amounts can be claimed only as a miscellaneous itemized deduction subject
to the 2% limit.
- Your reservist expenses
will be entered in Form 2106 Employee Business Expenses.
To enter your unreimbursed Job
(Reservist) Related Expenses, please see the instructions and screenshots below:
Job-related expenses are
reported on Form 2106 (Employee Business Expenses).
- Open (continue) your
return in TurboTax.
-
(To do this, sign in to TurboTax and click the orange Take
me to my return button.)
- In the search box,
search for 2106 and then click the "Jump
to" 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.
