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Posted by D. Stussy on November 10, 2007, 5:20 am
Please log in for more thread options > D. Stussy wrote:
>>> I'm retired and work part time (infrequently) for a car
>>> dealership as a driver. They consider me an independent
>>> contractor. The drive to the dealership is about 16 miles
>>> and costs me about $4.25 in gas. Can I deduct that from my
>>> earnings from them?
>> No. Commuting is not deductible. You haven't established
>> another place of business activity. You are also probably
>> misclassified and should be an employee - see form SS-8.
> Actually this activity is properly independently contracted.
> Drivers are given a car to drive to a distant location, or
> the group is driven to a distant location. He then has to
> get that car to the other location within a certain time
> period, and otherwise he does the job on his own. All the
> car dealers around here have already researched the issue.
>
> The only thing I didn't care for was the fact that get the
> car I wanted in my color (blue), it had to be driven to
> Columbus from Augusta. New cars I think still should not be
> driven too fast for first 500 miles, but I have no way of
> knowing how fast he made that trip. But the Sable IS a
> sturdy well built car and I'm satisfied. (13,000 miles in
> three years!)
I'm still going to disagree with Mr. Lunsford based on one
point: He's doing it for a single client, not multiple
clients. Although it's possible for ICs to have only one
client, that's a point that strongly favors an employment
relationship. If this issue is "530'ed" in your part of the
country, fine - but that's the exception, not the rule.
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