Worksite travel Expense?

[neilbrink]

Does anyone see anyway that a person driving to different construction worksites each day and returning home each day, can take a mileage deduction if he is not ever away overnight?

[Terry D EA]

Yes, but the first trip from his tax home to the first job site is a commute as well as the last trip back home. All other travel in between is deductible. Now if you are saying he goes to job A and home today and then Job B and home tomorrow, then no it is a commute.

[neilbrink]

The work sites vary from day to day, but usually within close proximity of his work base. It is a long drive to his work base, but the company usually has him driving directly to the work site each day, and then he drives home each night. This is a new job, but the time frame is permanent in duration. I see this as all commute.

[neilbrink]

This is the part of the instructions that has me baffled: "Not commuting - You have at least one regular work location away from your home and the travel is to a temporary work location in the same trade or business, regardless of the distance. Generally, a temporary work location is one where your employment is expected to last 1 year or less." The worksites that he drives to are for jobs that are temporary.