Motorcycle used for business

[Max W]

If a motorcycle is used for business, do mileage rate expenses apply?

[BulldogTom]

15 minutes ago, Max W said:

If a motorcycle is used for business, do mileage rate expenses apply?

Nope.   Automobiles only.

Tom
Longview, TX

[Max W]

Thanks, Tom.  I just wanted to be sure before I give the client the bad news.

 

 

[BulldogTom]

They can still deduct the travel, they just have to do the mileage log and keep all the receipts and take the percentages.   No shortcuts for bikers.  

Tom
Longview, TX

[Lee B]

The definition is "a 4 wheeled vehicle with a GVW of less than 6,000 pounds."

[mcb39]

Believe it or not, I have a client who has a motorcycle hearse business.  Generally, he hauls his cycle to the site of the funeral.  We are depreciating the hearse and cycle and taking mileage on the truck.  He has a sizeable investment here as this is a glass sided hearse.  His business appeals to bikers and sometimes veterans.  Really, a rather classy setup.  A long line of cycles can follow in the funeral procession.

[schirallicpa]

So, on a side note - does anyone remember when Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney played a concert in Buffalo years ago, and they got in trouble for stealing a police officer's horse and some other shenanigans.  They were both banned from going back to Buffalo, I think.  We met someone from Buffalo that told us that Tim McGraw had a brand-new Harley delivered to the lawyer's office that got him out of his mess.  Apparently, it has never been driven and sits in this guy's office still.  Pretty cool.