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Could my wife receive a deduction on a car as a full time-part time professor?
My wife works 3 jobs as a part time professor. She travels 40 miles to one job and 40 miles to another, without a office at any of her schools, therefore does most all of her office work at home. I would like to know if it is possible to claim car expenses (Gas, Registration, and taxes, etc.) on our yearly tax filings? Literally, she has a home office, and also travels for work… although some may consider it commuting to work, it is literally traveling from one job to another, on business. Any ideas?
If she works only 1 job per day, none of the mileage is deductible.
If she works 2 jobs in one day and drives from job 1 to job 2, that one leg of driving is business mileage. Unfortunately, the rules for form 2106 make this mileage pretty worthless. You add it up, apply the 50cents/mile, subtract 2% of your AGI and add it to schedule A. If you can’t itemize or your AGI is too high it won’t change the tax bill.
If she has a dedicated home office area, it is theoretically deductible, but it also subject to itemizing. And any money claimed for depreciation is paid back when you sell the house.
