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Marshall

My company reimburses me after I drive 50 miles....they consider the first 50 on me.

Mathew9672

You only get to claim those miles that you would not be eligible for under the reimbursement plan. One of the finer points of that rule means that you can not claim anything that you forgot to request a reimbursement for.

ramcharger

yes,i.r.s. has a formula for cents per mile,only for non reimbursedmiles

myopicmachinist

well you could definitely write off the 50 miles; then you must figure the difference between your employers reimbursements and the actual irs mileage deduction. For example if you drive for your employer 500miles/mo or 6000mi/yr and the irs allows a i.e. $.50 per mile and your employer only reimbursed you $.35 per mile then you could claim the difference of $900.00. However , this is lowered by the 2% limit rule.So if your adjusted gross income is $30,000 then only the amount over $600 is a deduction on the 1040 schedule A. To take advantage of the schedule A deductions they all must add up to over your standard deduction like real estate tax,state tax , home interest payments, med expenses over 7.5% of agi,charity and a few more. You might be able to deduct meals and entertainment while working for your employer also if they did not reimburse you. good luck

Judy8146

You can't claim your trip from home to the first school of the day, or the last home, those are considered commuting miles and aren't deductible. Other than that, you could claim unrembursed miles (for miles between schools)

MariaH7992

You can call the IRS at 1-800-829-1040 they should be able to help but they will place you on hold. For the future you can try http://www.filelate.com this is an online tax Service i've used and they are helpful at answering my question, Good Luck :-)