"commuting" mileage

[Clyde Hollinger]

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