{"id":891,"date":"2023-01-31T05:11:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T05:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expressmileage.com\/pages\/?p=891"},"modified":"2026-01-15T16:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:30:19","slug":"how-to-enter-driving-deduction-turbotax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expressmileage.com\/pages\/how-to-enter-driving-deduction-turbotax\/","title":{"rendered":"How to enter driving deduction into TurboTax"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You&#8217;ve driven thousands of miles for your job and you want to take a tax deduction to get the biggest tax break possible.   If you are using TurboTax, the process is easy to submit your mileage and maximize your tax deduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TurboTax allows you to enter your tracked mileage from within their tax software.   This information will be collected within the Federal &#8211;&gt; Income &amp; Expenses section of the wizard.   You first define the vehicle make, model and year that you drove for business purposes.  Then you are asked a few simple questions about your vehicle.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Taking Mileage Deduction in Turbotax<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The most important questions you&#8217;ll want to answer to allow you to take the Standard Driving Deduction for your vehicle are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li><strong>Did you keep track of the miles driven for [Type of Work] services work in this vehicle? <\/strong> &#8211; Since you have a mileage log generated with ExpressMileage, you can answer &#8220;YES&#8221; for this question.<br><\/li><li><strong>Did you keep track of the miles driven for personal reasons in this vehicle?<\/strong> &#8211; Since you were a PRO and made sure you added some personal miles to your vehicle mileage log &#8211; you can answer &#8220;YES&#8221; for this Turbotax question.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"841\" src=\"https:\/\/expressmileage.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-1024x841.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expressmileage.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-1024x841.png 1024w, https:\/\/expressmileage.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-300x246.png 300w, https:\/\/expressmileage.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-768x631.png 768w, https:\/\/expressmileage.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-1536x1261.png 1536w, https:\/\/expressmileage.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-940x772.png 940w, https:\/\/expressmileage.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image.png 1824w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis: 33.33%;\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/expressmileage.com\/assets\/images\/car-bottom.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis: 66.66%;\">\n<h2>Need to Create a Mileage Log?<\/h2>\n<p>Effortless. IRS Compliant. All in 5 Minutes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">GENERATE A DRIVING LOG IN MINUTES<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">AUTO-POPULATE AND RECURRING DRIVES<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">GET YOUR MAXIMUM TAX DEDUCTION<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/expressmileage.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get Started \u2013 Create a Mileage Log<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Entering Mileage Driving for Business and Personal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;ve answered YES to both of the initial Turbotax mileage questions about your vehicle, you&#8217;ll be prompted to enter either:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A) The total miles driven for the vehicle and the total miles driven for work<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>B) The beginning and ending odometer readings for your vehicle for the year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep in mind the idea here is that Turbotax will do the math on the business and personal mileage for you.  From your mileage log that you <a href=\"https:\/\/expressmileage.com\/pages\/generate-a-mileage-log-in-4-minutes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">created and downloaded using ExpressMileage<\/a>, you can locate these values in the PDF or spreadsheet and enter them into the Turbotax mileage log information questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/expressmileage.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-1-1024x853.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expressmileage.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-1-1024x853.png 1024w, https:\/\/expressmileage.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-1-300x250.png 300w, https:\/\/expressmileage.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-1-768x640.png 768w, https:\/\/expressmileage.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-1-1536x1279.png 1536w, https:\/\/expressmileage.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-1-940x783.png 940w, https:\/\/expressmileage.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-1.png 1832w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>Calculating Mileage Tax Deduction in Turbotax<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon entering your mileage into Turbotax, the software will automatically calculate your tax deduction based on the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ttlc.intuit.com\/turbotax-support\/en-us\/help-article\/tax-credits-deductions\/standard-mileage-rates\/L2EF2WzlB_US_en_US\" target=\"_blank\">Standard Deduction Rate for the current tax year<\/a>.  This standard mileage rate includes fuel, insurance, maintenance, repairs, and wear and tear. &nbsp;  In addition, you can also deduct highway tolls and parking fees from your taxes.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/expressmileage.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-1024x282.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/expressmileage.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-1024x282.png 1024w, https:\/\/expressmileage.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-300x83.png 300w, https:\/\/expressmileage.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-768x211.png 768w, https:\/\/expressmileage.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-1536x423.png 1536w, https:\/\/expressmileage.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-940x259.png 940w, https:\/\/expressmileage.com\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image.png 1576w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Turbotax&#8217;s calculation of the tax deduction value should closely match the value that is displayed on the mileage log you created with ExpressMileage.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Submitting Your Mileage Log to IRS for Tax Deduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep in mind you don&#8217;t actually submit your mileage log when you send your taxes to the IRS (E-File or snail mail).  You only are required to produce the mileage log if you are audited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No matter if you drove 500 miles for business or 50,000 miles &#8211; you deserve the tax deduction for the wear and tear on your vehicle.  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