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Originally Posted by AFW_MD11
It's so totally NOT deductible off your taxes.
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It's so totally deductible off your taxes. (Provided you have enough itemized deductions)
Transportation between your residence and your Tax Home are not deductible. But, travel to/from the Field totally deductible. As are tips, dry cleaning, meals exceeding the std amount, cabs, rental cars, etc.
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p463.pdf
And, R1200RT, don't think I've met you but the fact that BC thinks you're a good guy is more than enough of a thumbs up for me.
Again, you didn't do anything illegal or unethical (since you gave the JB Capt the background info on your situation). But, you did something that I wouldn't do and haven't done.
Your location was in no way a result of any personal vacation, meeting friends, etc. And you weren't commuting from your home to your domicile to start a trip. Instead you were jumping from the field on a trip back to your domicile-something that every airline occasionally does and every airline buys a ticket for.
You have said that you went on the same two flights that were scheduled by the company, just more expensive. But, you have no way of knowing what the actual revenue breakdown was. JB's ticket price could have been the same on each day, and the NW/Delta price was the one that increased dramatically in that combination.
Airline ticket prices aren't determined by any logical standards. Best demonstration is that I occasionally wind up connecting through Memphis and winding up on the same flight from Memphis for a lower cost. So, two segments cost less than just the one flight from Memphis. How goofy is that.
You asked for an opinion. And you got one. Doesn't make it wrong. Just makes it different than yours.
What FedEx options did you have to get home early?