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Re: Auto expenses for rental property Paul Thomas, CPA 06-29-2006
Posted by Paul Thomas, CPA on June 29, 2006, 12:15 am
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> I am using TurboTax to deduct mileage for tending to a
> residential rental property. The program uses the same
> worksheet as for work related auto expenses and gives an
> error message if non-deductable commuting miles are not
> included. Is it not true that "commuting" only applies to
> your "main" job (which for me this is not)? Should I just
> enter zero and ignore the error?

Unless you have other business related miles, just put down
a number that represents the non-rental / business miles.

The program will only deduct the miles for that business.
It ignores the non-deductible commuting or personal miles.

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Paul Thomas, CPA
paulthomascpapc@bellsouth.net

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