work expenses

[newVAmom]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? va

my husband now works for a new HVAC company. the previous company had it's own vans and gas cards so we never had to pay for gas. now he has to use his own car and we are now spending more money on gas. can we deduct the mileage or gas cost? can we take a depreciation on the car? which irs publication should i look at to get this information?

thanks.

 

[TheGeekess]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? va

my husband now works for a new HVAC company. the previous company had it's own vans and gas cards so we never had to pay for gas. now he has to use his own car and we are now spending more money on gas. can we deduct the mileage or gas cost? can we take a depreciation on the car? which irs publicatin should i look at to get this information?

thanks.

IRS.gov has all sorts of information.

 

[newVAmom]

i know that the irs has lots of information. that is the problem. with so much information i can't seem to find the right publication so i was hoping someone on here would know which one it is.

 

[FlyingRon]

Googling "business use of the car its" yielded this item as the first hit.

http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc510.html

 

[newVAmom]

thanks for the information.

 

[newVAmom]

thanks again. this was very helpful!