As a freelancer, small business owner, or independent contractor, you may have a tendency to travel long distances for meetings or other business-related trips. Luckily for you, many business trips are easily tax deductible, though there are rules and regulations involved, of course. The IRS states that, for a trip to be travel expense deductible, it must be business related, common in your industry, and at least 100 miles away from the city in which you usually file your taxes. With that noted, there’s also rules on what could be considered a business expense under these circumstances.
As experts in the field, we at Logica Accounting Services want to help you understand what can and what can’t be deducted as business travel expense.
As for expenses you can write off, there’s no shortage of things to mention. The rule of thumb to go by is, if it’s necessary for you to get your job done, it probably counts as a business expense. Big or small, there’s a lot of bills that come with the territory for traveling for work. Here’s a few to keep in mind:
