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Subject Author Date Moving mileage Dick Adams 08-15-2009  Re: Moving mileage Arthur Kamlet 08-15-2009  Re: Moving mileage Mark Bole 08-16-2009  Re: Moving mileage Stuart A. Bronstein 08-16-2009  Re: Moving mileage HLunsford 08-18-2009  Re: Moving mileage Stuart A. Bronstein 08-18-2009
Posted by Dick Adams on August 15, 2009, 4:31 pm Please log in for more thread options The young girl who live with me asked me a relevant question. Even she somehow thinks I know taxes. My son goes off to college this month. - Does he qualify for mileage expenses for moving? He better because I told him we were renting out his room. - Because Susan will be driving Joshua the 115 miles, she wants to know if she gets to write-off the 230 mile round trip as a moving expense. I know the amount is trival, but Susan is the poster child for frugality. My first wife spent money like a drunken sailor. Susan's idea of being extravagant is to bake extra cookies. Dick -- << ------------------------------------------------------- >> << The foregoing was not intended or written to be used, >> << nor can it used, for the purpose of avoiding penalties >> << that may be imposed upon the taxpayer. >> << >> << The Charter and the Guidelines for submitting posts >> << to this newsgroup as well as our anti-spamming policy >> << are at www.asktax.org. >> << Copyright (2007) - All rights reserved. >> << ------------------------------------------------------- >> Posted by Arthur Kamlet on August 15, 2009, 5:21 pm Please log in for more thread options >The young girl who live with me asked me a relevant question. >Even she somehow thinks I know taxes. > >My son goes off to college this month. > - Does he qualify for mileage expenses for moving? > He better because I told him we were renting out his room. Let's review the reasons one can claim mileage on a tax return: 1. Moving Expenses -- to be closer to work. Has to be work related and there are a few tests to be met. See Pub 521 http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p521.pdf If it is work related, and work incidental to being a full-time student might have big trouble passing these tests, the mileage reimbursement is the same rate as medical mileage. 2. Medical -- pretty liberal but must be for legitimate medical reasons. 3. Job related -- highest reimbursement rate but must be job related and no commuting mileage is allowed. 4. Charitable milage - most liberal rules but lowest milaeage rate, because while Congress gave the IRS the right to set mileage for business, moving, and medical, Congress reserves for themslves the right to set charitable mileage. > - Because Susan will be driving Joshua the 115 miles, she wants > to know if she gets to write-off the 230 mile round trip as > a moving expense. > >I know the amount is trival, but Susan is the poster child for >frugality. My first wife spent money like a drunken sailor. >Susan's idea of being extravagant is to bake extra cookies. I do give you both lots of credit for creativity. But no moving costs. ===== You report the rental of his room on Schedule E :^) -- ArtKamlet at a o l dot c o m Columbus OH K2PZH -- << ------------------------------------------------------- >> << The foregoing was not intended or written to be used, >> << nor can it used, for the purpose of avoiding penalties >> << that may be imposed upon the taxpayer. >> << >> << The Charter and the Guidelines for submitting posts >> << to this newsgroup as well as our anti-spamming policy >> << are at www.asktax.org. >> << Copyright (2007) - All rights reserved. >> << ------------------------------------------------------- >> Posted by Mark Bole on August 16, 2009, 11:27 am Please log in for more thread options Arthur Kamlet wrote: >> The young girl who live with me asked me a relevant question. >> Even she somehow thinks I know taxes. >> >> My son goes off to college this month. >> - Does he qualify for mileage expenses for moving? >> He better because I told him we were renting out his room. > 1. Moving Expenses -- to be closer to work. Has to be work related > and there are a few tests to be met. See Pub 521 [...] > If it is work related, and work incidental to being a full-time student > might have big trouble passing these tests, the mileage reimbursement is > the same rate as medical mileage. Although you could also use actual gas and oil expenses instead of mileage rate. >> - Because Susan will be driving Joshua the 115 miles, she wants >> to know if she gets to write-off the 230 mile round trip as >> a moving expense. > You report the rental of his room on Schedule E :^) Susan is not moving, therefore she could not write off expenses on her return in any case (you can't deduct moving expenses for family members unless it is due to them moving with you). If Joshua owes no tax, moving expenses wouldn't help him either. Questions about temporary absence at college for dependents have come up here before. If the situation was such that Joshua did meet the tests for his own moving expense adjustment, it seems to me that fact, coupled with you renting out his (former) room, could lead to him no longer meeting the residence test to be your qualifying child (and therefore almost certainly he would no longer be your dependent). -Mark Bole -- << ------------------------------------------------------- >> << The foregoing was not intended or written to be used, >> << nor can it used, for the purpose of avoiding penalties >> << that may be imposed upon the taxpayer. >> << >> << The Charter and the Guidelines for submitting posts >> << to this newsgroup as well as our anti-spamming policy >> << are at www.asktax.org. >> << Copyright (2007) - All rights reserved. >> << ------------------------------------------------------- >> Posted by Stuart A. Bronstein on August 16, 2009, 5:12 pm Please log in for more thread options rdadams@panix.com (Dick Adams) wrote: > The young girl who live with me asked me a relevant question. > Even she somehow thinks I know taxes. > > My son goes off to college this month. > - Does he qualify for mileage expenses for moving? > He better because I told him we were renting out his room. > - Because Susan will be driving Joshua the 115 miles, she wants > to know if she gets to write-off the 230 mile round trip as > a moving expense. We've talked about deductibility of "contributions" to the beer- judging nonprofit. Is Joshua going to a school in a state where he's legal to drink beer? Perhaps you could say you are sending him there to support the beer judging organizaiton and deduct some of it that way. That's all I can think of at the moment. -- Stu http://downtoearthlawyer.com -- << ------------------------------------------------------- >> << The foregoing was not intended or written to be used, >> << nor can it used, for the purpose of avoiding penalties >> << that may be imposed upon the taxpayer. >> << >> << The Charter and the Guidelines for submitting posts >> << to this newsgroup as well as our anti-spamming policy >> << are at www.asktax.org. >> << Copyright (2007) - All rights reserved. >> << ------------------------------------------------------- >> Posted by HLunsford on August 18, 2009, 1:42 pm Please log in for more thread options Stuart A. Bronstein wrote: > rdadams@panix.com (Dick Adams) wrote: > >> The young girl who live with me asked me a relevant question. >> Even she somehow thinks I know taxes. >> >> My son goes off to college this month. >> - Does he qualify for mileage expenses for moving? >> He better because I told him we were renting out his room. >> - Because Susan will be driving Joshua the 115 miles, she wants >> to know if she gets to write-off the 230 mile round trip as >> a moving expense. > > We've talked about deductibility of "contributions" to the beer- > judging nonprofit. Is Joshua going to a school in a state where he's > legal to drink beer? Perhaps YOU COULD SAY you are sending him there > to support the beer judging organizaiton and deduct some of it that > way. > > That's all I can think of at the moment. I capitalized that to which I reply, i.e. "YOU COULD SAY". and just to whom would you say it? Mr auditor if it ever came to that? No way, Jose. uh.. Stuart. ChEAr$, Harlan -- << ------------------------------------------------------- >> << The foregoing was not intended or written to be used, >> << nor can it used, for the purpose of avoiding penalties >> << that may be imposed upon the taxpayer. >> << >> << The Charter and the Guidelines for submitting posts >> << to this newsgroup as well as our anti-spamming policy >> << are at www.asktax.org. >> << Copyright (2007) - All rights reserved. >> << ------------------------------------------------------- >> Similar Threads Posted moving expenses / paying for mileage and meals of helpers December 21, 2007, 11:19 pm moving twice April 23, 2006, 2:02 am Moving Expenses. January 18, 2007, 3:42 am Moderator: MTM is moving May 11, 2007, 5:48 pm moving expense March 27, 2009, 11:22 pm Re: moving expense March 28, 2009, 12:12 am Moving Expenses for Telecommuters February 18, 2007, 3:50 am Deducting moving expenses? 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