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Level 2
posted Feb 3, 2023 6:35:53 AM

Business Mileage Deduction

Are the miles driven to a gas station to refuel a vehicle that is used for business and personal reasons deductible ?

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Level 15
Feb 3, 2023 6:56:41 AM

Are you self-employed or are you a W-2 employee?

 

Can I deduct job-related expenses on my tax return?

 

 

Sorry---W-2 employees cannot deduct job-related expenses on a federal return.  Job-related expenses were eliminated as a federal deduction for W-2 employees by the tax laws that changed for 2018 and beyond.

Level 2
Feb 3, 2023 11:09:03 AM

I am self-employed. Use vehicle for managing own rental properties

Employee Tax Expert
Feb 5, 2023 6:16:27 AM

Techically, it would depend on when you drove to the gas station. If you did it persuant to a trip to a rental property, then it woud be deductible. But if you did it on a trip to the grocery store, it would not. You can only deduct the mileage incurred while traveling to see your rental properties.