Frederick Jorden wrote:
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When a client asks what form to keep the record in, I simply
click on my "cars' icon on desktop and open my own mileage
log, which shows date, miles and purpose. End of year I
print out the little Notepad file and hand total the miles,
write a company check to me x 3x.x cents per miles and file
it away.

ChEAr$,
Harlan Lunsford, GC and EA n LA

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Gene E. Utterback, EA wrote:
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Almost all professionals maintain a detailed appointment
book which would be a good place to note business mileage.

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With a sharp knife we can whittle that log down to a
toothpick in a week or so.

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Paul A. Thomas, CPA
taxman at negia.net

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Nan Eklund <naneklund[at]aol.com> wrote:

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But can he use the standard mileage deduction for all of
them?

Seth

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"Paul" <taxman[at]negia.net> wrote:
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And which are properly documented in her mileage log!

Gene E. Utterback, EA

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Yes, the limit is your actual mileage whether it's zero, a
million, or anything in between. Just keep a good log of
your miles in case of an audit.

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Robert J. Romano, CPA
99 Massachusetts Avenue-Suite 4
Arlington, Massachusetts 02474-8600
www.romanocpa.com

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"Cheryl" <cherylfdgm[at]yahoo.com> wrote:

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Claim what you used, if you can prove it, if necessary.

Wayne Brasch, CPA, M. S. Taxation

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Yep, what she drives.

Helen, EA in PA
50 miles, 3 days, 1 cause - Multiple Sclerosis Challenge Walk for the Cure
October 1 to October 3, 2004
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"Cheryl" <cherylfdgm[at]yahoo.com> wrote

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She can claim all the business miles she actually drove.

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Paul A. Thomas, CPA
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The limit is normally common sense.
I had one client who supervised construction sites and
legitimally had 50,000 miles a year on his car.

I had another with 6 rentals who kept saying, "a little more
than last year" until I explained that "a little more" was
adding up to 2,000 miles a week - and I know where the
houses were. And so would the local IRS office. Can't say he
kept perfect records after that but the claim was much more
reasonable.

Nan, EA in Los Angeles

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Is there a limit that a real estate professional (an agent,
in this case) can take as far as car mileage used for her
job?

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