IR-2018-251, December 14, 2018 WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today issued the 2019 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes. Beginning on Jan. 1, 2019, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (also vans, pickups or panel trucks) will be: 58 cents per mile driven for business use, up 3.5 cents from the rate for 2018, 20 cents per mile driven for medical or moving purposes, up 2 cents from the rate for 2018, and 14 cents per mile driven in service of charitable organizations. The business mileage rate increased 3.5 cents for business travel driven and 2 cents for medical and certain moving expense from the rates for 2018. The charitable rate is set by statute and remains unchanged. It is important to note that under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, taxpayers cannot claim a miscellaneous itemized deduction for unreimbursed employee travel expenses. Taxpayers also cannot claim a deduction for moving expenses, except members of the Armed Forces on active duty moving under orders to a permanent change of station. For more details see Notice-2019-02. The standard mileage rate for business use is based on an annual study of the fixed and variable costs of operating an automobile. The rate for medical and moving purposes is based on the variable costs. Taxpayers always have the option of calculating the actual costs of using their vehicle rather than using the standard mileage rates. A taxpayer may not use the business standard mileage rate for a vehicle after using any depreciation method under the Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS) or after claiming a Section 179 deduction for that vehicle. In addition, the business standard mileage rate cannot be used for more than four vehicles used simultaneously. These and other limitations are described in section 4.05 of Rev. Proc. 2010-51. Notice 2019-02, posted today on IRS.gov, contains the standard mileage rates, the amount a taxpayer must use in calculating reductions to basis for depreciation taken under the business standard mileage rate, and the maximum standard automobile cost that a taxpayer may use in computing the allowance under a fixed and variable rate plan.
Oh boy i think i know the answer but its not PC. Tell us anyway. Time to laugh. Something about a penny???
Get with the program. Give yourself the merit increase. It was easy enough to double or triple your mileage, since I wasn't really working anyway for the last 6 months. Those checks were nice.
I am working with a caterer where i do fake lunches and get paid for it. save sign in sheets from the past. it works
A big thank you to all of you who were too lazy to enter five calls a day and engaged in mileage padding. I always wanted my every move to be tracked.
Come on STOP. Start interviewing like the rest of us. No one is happy with this new micro managing BS.
Its all lies anyway. Do you really think the kiss asses are making 7-9 calls/day? They must be counting the receptionist and maintenance man. lol
I recently left this sh*t hole and I got out in time as to not experience this. I feel sorry for all of you that are still there. Your good people not trusted.
