You can easily enter the expenses from your Uber Tax Summary into the TurboTax mobile app. Here’s how:
1. Review the expenses in your Uber Tax Summary
Certain Uber expenses need to be combined and entered as a single amount in TurboTax.
To review your Uber expenses:
- Sign in to Uber.com
- Select the Tax Information tab at the top
- Go to the Tax Documents section and Download your Yearly Summary for 2022
- Your Yearly Summary will have several expense categories (like Tolls, Black Car Fund, Safe Rides Fee). Each category will have an amount shown for the year
2. Enter your Uber Expenses in TurboTax
- Open the app and sign in to TurboTax
- Select Wages & Income and then Review/Edit or Pick up where you left off
- Select Self-employment income and expenses
- If you haven't already set up your ridesharing work in TurboTax, you'll answer a few questions to do so. You might need to select Add another line of work to get started
- If you have set up your work, select Review next to your ridesharing work
- Answer the questions until you get to the What kind of expenses did you have for Rideshare driving? screen. Select the box next to the expense category you have to report (see table below). Tap Less common expenses to see the full list. Once you've made your selections, tap Continue
- If you've already added this work, find and select Add expenses for this work.
- Different expenses go in different categories, which are explained in the table below
Uber Tax Summary Expense Category | Add Any... | Where to Enter Your Total in TurboTax |
Tolls | Amounts you paid out of pocket for tolls | Toll fees for work in the Vehicle expenses section |
Sales Tax City Fee Airport Fee Hinter License Other Taxes | Amounts you paid out of pocket for these or similar expenses | Taxes and licenses |
Fuel Card (Gasoline)
(Determine how much of your Fuel Card purchases were for gasoline) | Amounts you paid out of pocket for gasoline | Gasoline on the Vehicle expenses section. Only enter this expense if you choose to deduct the Actual Expenses for your vehicle, instead of taking the Standard Mileage Rate. |
Fuel Card (Wash Road Services)
(Determine how much of your Fuel Card purchases were for Wash Road Services) | Amounts you paid out of pocket for wash and road services | Other Expenses on the Vehicle expenses section. Only enter this expense if you choose to deduct the Actual Expenses for your vehicle, instead of taking the Standard Mileage Rate. |
On Trip Mileage
(The miles you drove for customer trips) | On trip miles you drove while working for Uber | Mileage in the Vehicle expenses section |
Data Subscription Device Subscription | Communications | |
Split Fare Fee Safe Rides Fee Black Car Fund Booking Fee | Enter Operational Costs manually under Other miscellaneous expenses. | |
Uber Service Fee | Enter Uber Service Fee manually under Other miscellaneous expenses. | |
Miscellaneous (fare) | Enter Miscellaneous (fare) manually under Other miscellaneous expenses. |