Boss owns vehicle...

[MN2V]

A client asked me this question as his boss has offered

this deal...We are talking construction business here.

Boss owns vehicle and pays insurance and repairs.

Employee drives vehicle to and from home and work sites.

Can he take employee business expense for gas purchased

and/or take mileage expense?

[Pacun]

A client asked me this question as his boss has offered

this deal...We are talking construction business here.

Boss owns vehicle and pays insurance and repairs.

Employee drives vehicle to and from home and work sites.

Can he take employee business expense for gas purchased

and/or take mileage expense?

If they are commuting miles, the answer is no.

[Gail in Virginia]

A client asked me this question as his boss has offered

this deal...We are talking construction business here.

Boss owns vehicle and pays insurance and repairs.

Employee drives vehicle to and from home and work sites.

Can he take employee business expense for gas purchased

and/or take mileage expense?

I am assuming that the employee is to buy the gas for the vehicle, and then take employee business expense for the miles driven? Pacun is right that commuting miles are never deductible. Does the employee go to more than one job site in a day? If so, he might be able to take a percentage of the gas based on the miles driven between job sites versus the total miles driven for commuting and personal. I would hesitate to take mileage because normally that includes depreciation, repairs and other expenses. I am not sure mileage is even available since the employee does not own the vehicle, but after removing commuting miles from the equation is it even worth it?