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mileage tax deduction for a couple that both drove for doordash

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April 22, 2022
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My daughter and her husband both drove for door dash last year, my daughter for a little while and her husband drove pretty much all year. I put in the mileage for both of them separate for each one. When Turbo Tax added it to their schedule C's it added both to my daughters and just his to his schedule C. Is this right and why?

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SundayInSalem

That doesn’t sound right. If two self-employed people use the same car, the business mileage should be different for each person, but the total miles on the car should be the same.

For example, if your daughter had 1,000 business miles and her husband had 9,000 business miles and the total miles (business and personal) was 12,000) then:

Your daughter would report 1,000 business miles and 12,000 total miles
Her husband would report 9,000 business miles and 12,000 total miles.

Go back to the Vehicle section and check the total miles and miles driven just for self-employment work for both your daughter and her husband.

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CHamersma56Author

It was 2 different cars and Turbo Tax put both cars on my daughters schedule C and the right car on her husband's schedule C. when I tried taking it off it gave me an error and the tax went up. So we submitted it knowing we could send an amended form and the IRS accepted it. Do you think there is a glitch in turbo tax? The only other thing that might have anything to do with it is we fill a Injured spouse form 8379 due to her husband has his part of his taxes collected for past debts.

Critter-3

Since the daughter MUST file her own tax return (even if she is a dependent) then how could the program possibly mix up her & dad's Sch C deductions ? Remove the child's income & expenses from the parent's return to resolve your issue.