Originally Posted by
Roadkill
Quick question, then back to earthquake reports and NB speculations--
taxes: do I need to keep all my receipts for meals, commuter hotels, etc. ? Not sure how much Delta pays for employee expenses on meals and incidental expenses, and whether it's worth doing anything with all these receipts...
The things I know of that may not be reimbursed are commuter hotels 1xmonth, and airport parking (not at a pilot base) of $176/mo roughly.
what do you guys all do for travel costs for taxes?
As Scambo, I too use the Flightline Expense Report. Have used it for years and it has saved me a lot of money (I'm not a receipt saving kinda guy). It also includes a flight Log that lists every flight. It's not bound but it's good enough form me!
As he said, the first one is free and then costs $50 a year when you order it.
As far as writing off commuter hotels, parking etc., be very careful when trying to do this. I looked into it once and, basically, you needed to have 2 jobs to be able to write commuting expenses to one off.
Denny