Tax Question

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by scrounge

No, it's correct. It's not actually a place of employment that's relevant here, it's that the school is a 'temporary work site'. That's the distinction, not the employee/contractor status. Trips from home to work - be it work as an employee, contractor, etc - are not deductible. That's just going to work, commuting, normal course of business stuff. But going from one work site to another, whether it's for business or for work as an official, is deductible. It's a departure from your normal work-to-home pattern and is being done for work reasons, so it's a deductible expense.

If you were to travel from your office to a plant and that's not something you routinely do, that mileage would also be deductible if unreimbursed. Same principle - unrelated to employee status.

You seem to be agreeing and disagreeing with me at the same time.

Kelvin said you couldn't deduct it.
I said you could.
You said I was wrong, but you could. ???