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Travel Expenses tmlaff725 04-09-2008
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Posted by tmlaff725 on April 9, 2008, 11:30 pm
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 A friend of mine accepted a retail management job with a nationwide
company. By nature of the business, she initially had no "regular"
work location assignment.

She was assigned to a temporary work location outside the metropolitan
area of her tax home (55 mi away). After less than 1 yr, she accepted
a permanent job at another location. Due to her work schedule/shift
work, etc., she would spend about 2 nights a week at her mothers home
near the temporary work location.

Question: Can she claim travel expenses for period of time she had a)
no permanent work location, b) traveled regularly to a temporary work
location that was c) outside her metropolitan area?

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Posted by removeps-groups@yahoo.com on April 11, 2008, 8:52 pm
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 On Apr 9, 8:30 pm, tmlaff...@knology.net wrote:

> Question: Can she claim travel expenses for period of time she had a)
> no permanent work location, b) traveled regularly to a temporary work
> location that was c) outside her metropolitan area?

Only travel from one workplace to another is deductible. Travel from
your home to your workplace is not.

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Posted by Han on April 12, 2008, 8:01 am
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> Only travel from one workplace to another is deductible. Travel from
> your home to your workplace is not.
>
Usually my workplace is one location in New York City, and I walk from Penn
Station to 23rd Str and First AVe. Sometimes I have to first go to the
upper East Side, and I take the subway to get there. When I have to go to
23rd & First, I get reimbursed the taxifare for that leg of my travels.

Is the trip to the different location travel from home to workplace, or
should I ask for reimbursement of the subway fare, or declare it as travel
costs?

It is more a question about the principles involved, than real money, since
I don't have enough expenses to get above the (how much) % AGI for itemized
deductions anyway.
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Posted by Seth on April 12, 2008, 1:05 pm
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>
>> Only travel from one workplace to another is deductible. Travel from
>> your home to your workplace is not.
>>
>Usually my workplace is one location in New York City, and I walk from Penn
>Station to 23rd Str and First AVe. Sometimes I have to first go to the
>upper East Side, and I take the subway to get there. When I have to go to
>23rd & First, I get reimbursed the taxifare for that leg of my travels.

So on those days, you travel from home via Penn Station to UES, then
to 23rd? The first trip is non-deductible commuting. (If you work at
Penn Station, all trips between there and other workplaces are
deductible.)

>Is the trip to the different location travel from home to workplace, or
>should I ask for reimbursement of the subway fare, or declare it as travel
>costs?

It's from home to workplace.

Seth

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Posted by Han on April 12, 2008, 4:58 pm
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>>
>>> Only travel from one workplace to another is deductible. Travel
>>> from your home to your workplace is not.
>>>
>>Usually my workplace is one location in New York City, and I walk from
>>Penn Station to 23rd Str and First AVe. Sometimes I have to first go
>>to the upper East Side, and I take the subway to get there. When I
>>have to go to 23rd & First, I get reimbursed the taxifare for that leg
>>of my travels.
>
> So on those days, you travel from home via Penn Station to UES, then
> to 23rd? The first trip is non-deductible commuting. (If you work at
> Penn Station, all trips between there and other workplaces are
> deductible.)
>
>>Is the trip to the different location travel from home to workplace,
>>or should I ask for reimbursement of the subway fare, or declare it as
>>travel costs?
>
> It's from home to workplace.

> Seth


That's what I thought.

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