Greg, a self-employed plumber, commutes from his home to his office which is 10 miles away. At his office, he loads his truck for the day with the parts that he needs. Then he is off to see his first customer of the day, Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith is 5 miles away from the office. After Mr. Smith's job, Greg goes to his next plumbing client, Martin's Dry Cleaning, which is 21 miles away from Mr. Smith. Greg spends the rest of the day at Martin's Dry Cleaning. From Martin's Dry Cleaning, Greg goes home which is now only 7 miles away. How much can Greg count as deductible transportation miles?

a. none

b. 21 miles

c. 26 miles

d. 43 miles

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Leonidas Barrett

24 June, 20:28

Greg, a self-employed plumber, commutes from his home to his office which is 10 miles away. At his office, he loads his truck for the day with the parts that he needs. Then he is off to see his first customer of the day, Mr. Smith. Mr. Smith is 5 miles away from the office. After Mr. Smith's job, Greg goes to his next plumbing client, Martin's Dry Cleaning, which is 21 miles away from Mr. Smith. Greg spends the rest of the day at Martin's Dry Cleaning. From Martin's Dry Cleaning, Greg goes home which is now only 7 miles away. How much can Greg count as deductible transportation miles?

a. none

b. 21 miles

c. 26 miles

d. 43 miles

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Skyler Kennedy · Answer 1

26 Miles

Explanation:

As per IRS,

Commuting is a personal nature of expense, which is not allowable as deduction.

The following things are not deductible for Greg:

(i) Distance traveled from office to home and home office is not deductible.

(ii) At the end of day, 7 miles distance traveled towards home from Martin's dry cleaning is not deductible.

Deductible includes the miles traveled to the business sites from the office for Greg.

Therefore,

Deductible transportation miles:

= Distance traveled from office to smith's house + Distance traveled from smith's house to martin's dry cleaning

= 5 miles + 21 miles

= 26 Miles