--- title: Deducting Commuting Expenses description: Deducting Commuting Expenses image: https://info.ongandcompany.com/hubfs/Commute.jpg --- [![](https://info.ongandcompany.com/hubfs/Backgrounds/ong-final_sig.jpg)](http://www.ongandcompany.com/) # Deducting Commuting Expenses [Richard Ong](https://info.ongandcompany.com/blog/author/richard-ong) / January 13, 2018 / [Tax Deductions](https://info.ongandcompany.com/blog/topic/tax-deductions) ![](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/89ca6f67445537c2c631f1fe9d43c977) If you commute back and forth to work every day, you typically can't deduct any of your travel costs, such as gas for your car or commuter fares. The IRS says these commuting expenses are nondeductible personal expenses. However, there are some special situations when your commuting costs may be deductible: **1. Business stops.** It may be convenient to stop at a business client's office on the way to work or going home. In this case, you can deduct the cost of the commute between the client's location and your regular place of business. **2. Multiple business locations.** Maybe you work for a company with separate branch offices or other business sites. If you drive between two or more business locations during the course of the day, the cost of the travel is deductible. **3. Long-distance travel.** Normally, you may commute to a nearby workplace. But you might have to go to a distant business location for a few days, weeks or even months on occasion. As a result, you don't go to your regular job site. The IRS allows you to deduct daily travel costs of this long-distance commute. **4. Temporary assignments.** Finally, you might be required to work at a far-flung business location for a long stretch. To accommodate this work, you might stay near the job site in a hotel and return home on weekends. If the assignment lasts less than one year, you may deduct your meals and lodging expenses (subject to certain limits). Best of all, you can usually deduct the cost of your weekend trips home. 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