Tips for Transportation Worker Income Tax Deductions

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Tips for Transportation Worker Income Tax Deductions
It this particular segment I'm going to focus on the employee business expense of transportation workers have particularly truckers, railroad guys which I have many in my practice. In the time of this taping a trucker or railroad man can deduct $52.00 per day for every 24 hour period that he's away from home. At further a transportation worker can take 75% of that amount instead of half in which it's in case of regular employees, there are other areas that will be covering later particularly your automobile ex pence when your away from home. One particular note here on lodging expenses you must have receipts.

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Expert: Tom Choisnet He has been in self-employed tax practice for over 40 years and he has been an enrolled agent since 1968. He has prepared over 35000 tax returns. Read More