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According to my employee handbook, it says the mileage reimbursement rate for my job is .32 per mile, which is commensurate with the federal rate . Obviously this didn't seem right, so I looked at the printed date of the employee handbook, car rentals los angeles which was 2005. As of January car rentals los angeles 2012, the rate has changed car rentals los angeles to .55 per mile.
My problem is, I brought this up with my employer and even payroll, and they kind of shook it off and said to just use it as a tax deduction on my taxes. My husband told me this didn't seem right, though I have heard you can do that. The trouble is, my job requires a lot of traveling, and .32 doesn't do a thing for me. Will I really get anything back on my taxes?
Just a note: I work in behavior therapy and travel car rentals los angeles from site to site, even take my clients car rentals los angeles out of the home when necessary car rentals los angeles to help them interact with the public. This has been approved by my employer as part of my job. Getting a company vehicle is not an option, either.
According to my employee handbook, it says the mileage reimbursement rate for my job is .32 per mile, which is commensurate with the federal rate . Obviously this didn't seem right, so I looked at the printed date of the employee handbook, which was 2005. As of January 2012, the rate has changed to .55 per mile.
My problem is, I brought this up with my employer and even payroll, and they kind of shook it off and said to just use it as a tax deduction on my taxes. My husband told me this didn't seem right, though I have heard you can do that. The trouble is, my job requires a lot of traveling, and .32 doesn't do a thing for me. Will I really get anything back on my taxes?
Just a note: I work in behavior therapy and travel from site to site, even take my clients out of the home when necessary to help them interact with the public. This has been approved by my employer as part of my job. Getting a company vehicle is not an option, either.
On 1040 Schedule A, line 21, you can enter unreimbursed employee expenses. You would have to keep a log of all the travel you did for the company, including miles traveled, receipts for gas, food, etc. This will then be included in your itemized deductions. I would recommend submitting car rentals los angeles your travel costs as the IRS limit for reimbursement costs (55 cents per mile) and just keep your gas receipts in case of an audit.
You should not, however, that while these will reduce your tax burden, I'm not sure if it will result in the same amount of money as you would receive if the company reimbursed the full rate. I'd want to do the math to see how it worked out.
Whichever one works out better for you is the one you should try to get. If company reimbursement works better for you, but the company refuses to increase the reimbursement, then you should request a raise to offset the costs of the employment related travel that they are asking you to assume.