I want to know because someone wants me to travel 50 miles round trip on business and I want to charge them whatever the IRS allows (in addition to my fee).
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From the IRS website:\n\nFor tax years beginning in 2006, the allowable deductions for the standard mileage rate are as follows:\n\nBusiness miles. The standard mileage rate for the cost of operating your car changes to 44.5 cents a mile for all business miles driven. \n\nCharitable services. The standard mileage rate allowed for use of your car when you use your car to provide charitable services to a charitable organization is 14 cents a mile. \nCharitable services — Hurricane Katrina relief services. If you used your vehicle in giving services to a charitable organization to provide relief related to Hurricane Katrina, the standard mileage rate allowed for use of your car is 32 cents a mile. \n\nMedical reasons. The standard mileage rate allowed for use of your car for medical reasons is 18 cents a mile. \n\nMoving. The standard mileage rate for determining moving expenses is 18 cents a mile.
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no, but you can deduct a flat amount per mile....
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You can include in medical expenses amounts paid for transportation primarily for, and essential to, medical care.\n\nCar expenses. You can include out-of-pocket expenses,\nsuch as the cost of gas and oil, when you use a car for medical reasons. You cannot include depreciation, insurance, general repair, or maintenance expenses. \n\nIf you do not want to use your actual expenses, for 2005\nyou can use a standard rate of 15 cents a mile for use of a \ncar for medical reasons before September 1, 2005. The\nstandard rate allowed for use of a car when you use it for \nmedical reasons after August 31, 2005, is 22 cents a mile. \n\n\nThere is a full explanation of many things you can deduct found in IRS publication 502.  It deals with medical and dental expenses.\n\nHere is the link to the publication:\n\nhttp://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p502.pdf
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If you run your own business then the rules are different. If you are employed, your company would usually pay you a car allowance and a small amount per mile.\nLook for answers here:www.hmrc.gov.uk Use the queries phone line for advice.
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http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/article/0,,id=150856,00.html
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I'm an accountant.  You need the beginning and ending mileage from your vehicle's odometer, for each trip.  The name of the start of your trip and the name of the destination of your trip. So, Your Office to Customer X's Office.  You also need the business reason for the trip itself, i.e. "Met with Mike Smith VP Of Sales To Discuss New Pricing."
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contat the irs at www.irs.gov and your state tax people. they have the tax charts and can tell you how much should be taken out.
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You can deduct all reasonable business expenses you incurred. Read: http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i1040sc.pdf
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you could go to a travel agency
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You have to request an extension. There is an application process. The application can be found on the IRS's website.
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don't listen to all the nonsense that people tell you. the real and only answer is what the IRS says in this matter.\nhttp://tinyurl.com/5u0d
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Yes you can if you have enough to do a schedule A. The fast way is to get a calender and on the date you go write it down. If you are going to the same place every month find the mileage from your house to where you are going. At the end of the year you add the trips on the calender and X by the number of miles. EX 1 trip a month @ 100 miles per trip. That would be 12 trips at 100 miles per trip (12x100)
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Your fee sounds reasonable, but you can probably increase it a little. Just hike it $5.00/hour (plead expenses such as gas have increased) for about 3 or 6 months, then hike it $5.00 again.
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Check with an IRS rep.
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You have to report the income you earn. In  the US you will need to file a Schedule C with your return - this is a form about profit and loss. Remeber that you can deduct mileage and expenses that are not reimbursed.\n\nI've been mystery shopping for 6 years.
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Generally speaking, yes. If this is a regular job and not contract work and it is not explicitly specified in your job contract that reimbursement will not be provided, you can ask your boss for travel expenses.
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I don't think any, just file as a business through your secretary of states office, should only cost around $20. Then you have your business, and the rest is up to you.