math help!!! for taxes..

[JETTAone420]

if i spent 588$ on gas
and i avg. about 300miles/full tank
and gas was avg 3.50$

how many miles did i drive??

[danielface]

heres a hint. mk4 gas tank is 14.5 gallons.

[JETTAone420]

lol....can u please just tell me.. i suck at crunching numbers rite now

[danielface]

~3475miles. someone double check

[DAVE_W]

how much fuel does your tank hold?

[JETTAone420]

14.5

[DTolo]

Well I wouldn't use these numbers for taxes but:

One you need to know how many gallons ur gas tank is. I'll assume 13 gal of usable fuel without running out of gas.

So, 300mi/tank / 13 gal/tank = 23mi/gal
$588 gas/ $3.50/gal = 168 gal of gas consumed
168gal x 23 mi/gal = 3,864 miles.

[danielface]

14.5=full tank.
3.5= gallon
14.5 x 3.5 = 50.75 a full tank? seems alot***
(588/50.75) x 300miles = ~3475

^^ what he sed hahaa

[Batrugger]

When I fill up on empty I usually put in 12 gal though, so I'm getting 4200 mi, but English was always my forte, not math.

[JETTAone420]

well im doing my own taxes rite now and trying to factor in the miles i used when i tried my hand with jeremy's lil financial group going back and fourth to peoples houses and the cost to and from the building in pomona..

[ncttrnl]

Just a thought... writing off over 3K miles based on your "average" numbers might not look real good during an audit.

Also, what do you do that you can write-off mileage? Do you drive for work other than a daily commute?

Edit...

Your last post answered my questions.

[JETTAone420]

maybe i should just take it to a tax center....i wonder how much they charge

[JETTAone420]

well i was told that i could use the gas recipts going to and from the place of business along with going to peoples houses as a tax off....

[JETTAone420]

i have a bunch of recipts. that i wrote down the miles to every time i filled up when i went to the place in pomona

[JETTAone420]

k now that i think about it im pretty sure i didnt do over 3k miles in driving.
but riverside <--> pomona is around 60miles round trip and i did that twice a week for about 4-5months before i gave up on it since it was costing more to drive back and fourth than the money i was making

[GTi_01]

i coulda sworn that you can only write off mileage if you use ur car as a company car with proof or if you work for the government.

i may be wrong tho.

[DTolo]

i coulda sworn that you can only write off mileage if you use ur car as a company car with proof or if you work for the government.

i may be wrong tho.

If you are filing the proper form as self employed, mileage for work related events counts.

Ted, are you filing the correct for that says you were self employed? Because in order for you to claim those expense as a work expense, you additonally have to claim all the income from that endeavor.

I am not sure, but I also believe your "company" has to have grossed over a certain amount of income before it is considered legitamate enough to claim expenses from. You can't claim more in expenses than you do in income. I'm not tax pro, just word I have picked up.

[JETTAone420]

hmmm

well it was one of those financial group places...
and i didnt make ANY money off it...
i just paid to sign up, they said we needed business attire so i bought suits, plus all the driving back and fourth thats why i said fuck it and quit...

[jwill'sMK4]

hmmm

well it was one of those financial group places...
and i didnt make ANY money off it...
i just paid to sign up, they said we needed business attire so i bought suits, plus all the driving back and fourth thats why i said fuck it and quit...

i told ur ass not to get involved in that but noooooo someone didnt listen

anyway i wouldnt try to rite off ur gas expenses it jus sounds like a bad idea especially under ur circumstances

[JETTAone420]

trust me dude...i compltely regret it...its a waste of time and money i just feel bad cuz i even got my best friend brandon and his gf to enroll in that shit and now they cant even get a refund on it...."not a pyramid my ass" i shoulda realized after the first month it was a joke, cuz it always seemed like the same 3 people out of the whole company were getting paid...it was a building filled with people supposidly making thousands of dollars a week yet they crammed 75+ people in one small room with no fucking AC preaching the good word about making money....

FUCK WORLD FINANCIAL GROUP
AND FUCK JEREMY HAHAH....i shoulda listend to you guys and never gave up my taillights for that shit haha...