You are entitled to charge for mileage both ways. You have to record it as income, then take off the allowable deduction on your tax retur. The IRS not only likes a logbook -they insist on one or will disallow your mileage during the aforementioned audit. Reconstruction of one is, as you say, possible. It is also time consuming.. Ever so much better to keep accurate records as you go along. This, I can say from poignant experience. Been theree, done, that, and the IRS should give T-shirts. Fran Helms, Topeka, KS >>> Andrew and Rebeca Anderson <anrebe@sbcglobal.net> 10/26/2005 12:00 PM >>> The IRS likes a logbook. For some, that is another item to be lost. Presumably you keep a customer service record. Write mileage on it. Mileage is reconstructible, if you are faced with an audit, from your service record, provided it includes addresses. Most Internet mapping programs will figure mileage between addresses, some more accurately than others. Good luck. Andrew At 11:35 AM 10/26/2005, you wrote: >At 11:13 AM 10/26/2005 -0500, you wrote: >>Scenario: >>You are a beginning technician (~2 yrs) >>You are called to do a service call on a piano that is in a church that is >>approximately 80 miles away. >>Do you; >>A) Charge for mileage for the one way distance (82 miles)? >>B) Charge for mileage for the round trip distance (164 miles)? >>C) Don't charge for mileage at all? >> >>I realize that a church may or may not fall into the category of doing >>work at a discount rate. >> >>Also, how do you record the mileage for the ordinary tuning/repair >>trips you make throughout the year? (for tax purposes) >>Do you include round trip mileage or just one way? >> >>Thank you >> >>Mark Montbriand > > >Both ways, unless it is all downhill so's you can coast home or you >are beaming yourself and all your equipment back. ;-} >Would that be frequent flier miles?? > >All business miles: to, from and in between. Write down odometer >readings at start and end of business trips/day in some sort of log. >Do the math. Charge accordingly. > > > > > > > >Conrad Hoffsommer >I tried to get a life once, but they were all out of stock. > >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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