Commuting expenses deductible?
You cannot deduct the costs of taking a bus, trolley, subway, or taxi or driving a car between your home and your main church or regular place of work. These costs are personal commuting expenses. You cannot deduct commuting expenses no matter how far your home is from your church or regular place of work. You cannot deduct commuting expenses even if you work during the commuting trip.
However, if you drive to a hospital, post office, or some other ministry-related stop on the way to or from church, the mileage incurred in driving from the church to the second ministry/business location are deductible expenses even though you are on the way to or from home. The remaining miles between the second ministry/business location and your home are non-deductible commuting mileage. If you are serving two churches, the mileage of driving between these churches are also deductible.
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