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The business mileage reimbursement rate is an optional standard mileage rate used in the United States for purposes of computing the allowable business deduction, for Federal income tax purposes under the Internal Revenue Code, at 26 U.S.C. § 162, for the business use of a vehicle. Under the law, the taxpayer for each year is generally ...
The IRS bumped up the optional mileage rate to 67 cents a mile in 2024 for business use, up from 65.5 cents for 2023. The new rate kicks in beginning Jan. 1 and it would apply to 2024 tax returns ...
For drivers on the low-end of that range, they could deduct $53,600 in mileage for 2024, versus $52,400 in 2023, decreasing their tax liability and potentially putting money in their pocket.
The standard federal mileage reimbursement rate has changed over the years. Here’s how the rates have changed for business purposes: 2024 — 67 cents per mile
The GSA establishes per diem rates within the Continental United States for hotels "based upon contractor-provided average daily rate (ADR) data of fire-safe properties in the local lodging industry"; [6] this means that per diem varies depending on the location of the hotel—for instance, New York City has a higher rate than Gadsden, Alabama. [7]
An employer in the United States may provide transportation benefits to their employees that are tax free up to a certain limit. Under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code section 132(a), the qualified transportation benefits are one of the eight types of statutory employee benefits (also known as fringe benefits) that are excluded from gross income in calculating federal income tax.
On Dec. 29, the agency announced a bump in the optional standard mileage rate starting Jan. 1, 2023 — which will now be 65.5 cents per mile driven. Taxpayers can use the new rate to calculate ...
Also, for purposes of U.S. federal income tax deductions, there are other IRS mileage rates besides the "business" rate. There's the medical mileage rate, the charitable contribution mileage rate, and the moving expense mileage rate. Postal Service employees used to have their own tax deduction rate as well (maybe they still do; I haven't ...