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Pub. 17, Chapter 28 - Car Expenses & Other Employee Business Expenses

Important Changes

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Standard mileage rate.
The standard mileage rate for the cost of operating your car in 1999 is 32 1/2 cents a mile for all business miles driven before April 1. The rate is 31 cents a mile for miles driven after March 31.

Car expenses and use of the standard mileage rate are explained under Local Transportation Expenses, later.

Temporary work location.
The IRS has reconsidered its definition of temporary for purposes of determining whether travel expenses to a temporary work location are deductible. In general, employment at a work location is temporary if it is realistically expected to last (and does in fact last) for one year or less. See Temporary work location under Local Transportation Expenses, later.

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