What car trips qualify as business trips when counting mileage?
First, commuting is not a business trip. Commuting is defined as traveling between a taxpayer’s home and main place of business or to a second job. However, commuting from home to a temporary work location (one at which employment will last less than a year) is business if the taxpayer has another primary work place. If you have a home office as your primary place of business, all commuting to other work locations is business. All travel from the office for business purposes is business. Travel to out-of-town locations is deductible. When in doubt, originate all business-related travel from the office. James A. Smith Is it more advantageous tax-wise to buy or lease a car? I drive about 30,000 miles a year for my real estate business and typically get a new car every three or four years. This depends on several factors: first, whether you are planning to use the mileage method or the actual-expense method and second, whether the car will be used more than 50% for business. If you intend
