"commuting" mileage

[pianolover 88]

That just about the ratios I have been using! I also notice you have left 
out "commuting" mileage, as i do. Thanks

Terry

>From: Jon Page <jonpage@mediaone.net>

>Ever since I've been in filing taxes based on self employment, the mileage
>deduction
>has been calculated 80% business, 20% personal.
>
>This flat rate has never been challenged by the IRS. Although my personal
>use of the vehicle
>is probably less than 20%, it's worth it not having to nit-pick the daily
>odometer reading.
>
>Jon Page
>
>
>At 09:17 PM 12/16/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>>Terry,
>>
>>Like you, my piano service office is in my home.  I keep a logbook, and 
>>any
>>mileage that is business related is logged as a business expense.  That
>>necessarily includes transporting my tools and supplies to the jobsite
>>(and home
>>after the last tuning, too), so mileage from my home to the first job is
>>also a
>>business expense.  When Phil Bondi says that mileage can't be counted, I 
>>would
>>say in his defense that such was the case a couple years ago for a short 
>>time,
>>maybe a year or two, but not anymore (according to my CPA).
>>
>>If while working during the day I make a side trip that is personal, I 
>>make a
>>fair estimate of how much mileage cannot be considered business and reduce 
>>the
>>daily figure by that amount.  I hope I am making myself clear.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Clyde Hollinger, RPT
>>Lititz, PA, USA
>>
>>pianolover 88 wrote:
>>
>> > Since I, like most of you, claim a percentage of my residence as an
>> > office/workshop, (to claim as a business expense) I am allowed to 
>>deduct
>> > mileage FROM my house, to every work related job, at 34.5 cents per
>>mile. Of
>> > course there WILL also be "personal" use mileage, but what about
>>"commuting"
>> > mileage? Since my home IS also my business address, then when will
>>commuting
>> > come in? I suppose if I was somewhere OTHER than home for a visit to a
>> > friend or whatever, and I left FROM that place TO a job, then that 
>>would be
>> > considered "commuting" miles, but for the most part, It seems to me
>>that the
>> > vast majority of TOTAL mileage for each year, will be "business" miles, 
>>and
>> > "personal", with very little "commuting" miles. Am I wrong here? Love
>>to get
>> > everyone's thoughts on this matter.
>> >
>> > Terry


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