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Employer pays for gas through a gas credit card, but business mileage deduction is larger. How do I enter the amount for the gas that my employer paid?

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June 5, 2019
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Employer pays for gas by credit card, but mileage allowance for business is more. Where do I enter the partial employer reimbursement for use of my personal vehicle for business?

TurboTax Home & Biz Windows

rjs

Employee

You indicated that you are using TurboTax Home & Business, which suggests that you might have self-employment income. Was the gas paid for by a true employer from whom you got a W-2, or was it paid for by a client for whom you worked as an independent contractor? If the latter, was the amount that they paid for gas included in the total nonemployee compensation shown on a 1099-MISC that they gave you?

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sailshare1Author

Employer did not include the compensation on W-2.

rjs

Employee

Your response to my request for clarification is a little unclear, but I am assuming that you are talking about mileage for a job that you get a W-2 for, and therefore you are entering the mileage in the Job-Related Expenses topic. After you enter your mileage, continue through the questions about other job-related expenses. After all the questions about various kinds of expenses, you will get to a screen that asks whether you received any reimbursements for your expenses. Select Yes, then enter the amount that the employer paid for gas as a reimbursement.