Error message for business mileage calculation

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February 1, 2023
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On the Car and Truck Expenses Worksheet are two line items to enter business mileage; 6a for miles 01/01/22 through 06/30/22, and 6b for miles 07/01/22 through 12/31/22.

I used my car for business use in 2021 and will again in 2023, but simply did not travel in 2022, therefore I have 0 miles to claim in both 6a and 6b. Turbo Tax is flagging an error because the combined value of 6a and 6b is not greater than 0. Is there something to toggle to bypass this error? Can the code be updated to account for this (it seems that something was overlooked in the software validation with regard to this situation)?

In case it mattered, I added a 0 and removed the 0 from line 7 to see if that somehow affected anything and it does not affect the error message.

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Best answer by Vanessa A

Did you select that you did not use that vehicle in 2022 for business? On the screen that says tell us about your business vehicle, there is a box that you can check that says "I stopped using this vehicle in 2022" then you can enter the date you stopped using it. You can enter 12/31/2021 or whatever date you stopped using it, if you did not use it even a day in 2022.

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SuperflyAuthor

I was not prompted on whether or not I used my vehicle in 2022 and didn’t even consider doing anything with my vehicle for 2022 in Turbo Tax. I was flagged when doing the “check for errors” feature after entering all my tax info at which point it brought up a window with line items that needed attention on the Car and Truck worksheet.

I went in to the business expenses section for vehicles and found the check box you were describing. I guess I’ll enter 12/31/2022 for “stopped using” date. There’s quite a few questions that need to be answered now which are not applicable which is annoying, and no doubt, more questions to answer next year when I add my vehicle back in use. I wish this was more simple (more so on the IRS side of things), but I am thankful for Turbo Tax nevertheless.

I’m error-message free now, so thank you.

pandora1988

I am getting the exact same error. Hubby didn’t start job until august so I put in $0 for 1/1-6/30/22 and actual mileage for 7/1-12/31/22. Checks it and says it’s OK till I get to the end for a review. Then it tells me business miles should be zero. I’m lost.

SuperflyAuthor

I'm sure one of the experts may see your question and chime in with solid advice, but for what it's worth, I would double check the mileage numbers and the date the vehicle was put into service to make sure a number wasn't incorrectly entered (funny enough I did that very thing last time where I entered my odometer reading with a digit swapped that threw some things off).

For curiosity sake, I looked at my 2021 taxes to see if anything stood out since I added my vehicle late in the season but I see that in 2021 there's only one line item (line 6) for miles driven in the year compared with the 2022 version that splits line 6 into two parts. I can't see any reason to do this and can only guess it's something the IRS implemented to torture us common folk 🙂

I'm not sure if you're doing this or not, but open the forms up (upper right corner of Turbo Tax and go to the Car and Truck worksheet under schedule C) so you can see everything easier than looking at the little pop-up window that opens when there's an error. I find this easier to look things over. Maybe you're already doing that. Anyway, good luck.

AmyC

Employee

There are two mileage rates in effect for 2022 for business mileage.

1/1-6/30 is 58.5 cents per mile

7/1-12/31 is 62.5 cents per mile

Double check that you entered the date the vehicle was placed in service, own or lease. If you lease the car, you can't claim lease cost and standard mileage.

Entering zero for the first part is correct.

I wonder if you lease. Otherwise, I tried your scenario and it worked fine for owning a vehicle.

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Yanikk

I’m having the exact same issue and it keeps giving an error messgae

AnnetteB6

There are a couple of different issues discussed in this thread. Please clarify what error message you are seeing and someone should be able to give you further assistance.

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AliciaP1

I cannot recreate your issue in a test return. It would be helpful to have a TurboTax ".tax2022" file that is experiencing this issue.

You can send us a “diagnostic” file that has your “numbers” but not your personal information.  If you would like to do this, here are the instructions:

Go to the black panel on the top of your screen and select Online.

Scroll down to and select Send tax file to Agent.
You will see a message explaining what the diagnostic copy is.  Click send through this screen and then you will get a Token number.
Reply to this thread with your Token number. This will allow us to open a copy of your return without seeing any personal information.

We will then be able to see exactly what you are seeing and we can determine what exactly is going on in your return and provide you with a resolution.

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