Commuting Expenses Are Never Deductible

October 04th, 2007 | Category: Income Taxes

Q: I am an independent contractor with one client. Can I deduct my travel costs to and from work? Mike A: Commuting expenses (defined as your first daily trip from your residence to your place of business) is personal and never tax-deductible. As a contractor, though, you have an easy way to get around that: ensure that you have a qualifying domestic office.

whether you can set that up, your “commute” is from your bedroom to your domestic office, and any travel after that to another office is deductible. One major problem you run in

to is that you cannot have…

Original post by Ryan Ellis

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