YoImBenwah t1_ixdpbj2 wrote on November 22, 2022 at 5:47 PM

Reply to comment by RampantRooster in Domino’s Pizza will soon have 800 electric vehicles for delivery drivers by redingerforcongress

I used to live in Michigan and delivered pizzas, full-time. I kept all my receipts for 2016 in regards to my car (fuel, maintenance, parts like new blades et cetera) and filed a long-form which got me less than $100 short of the standard deduction, so I wasted all that time for absolutely no financial incentive.

NorCalAthlete t1_ixdtvqr wrote on November 22, 2022 at 6:17 PM

I mean, that’s kind of the point of the standard deduction though isn’t it? To save time for the people with the least to spare?

Let the people who can hire someone else to do their taxes and actually spend far more than the standard deduction worry about filing all that stuff.

ThatOtherOneReddit t1_ixf1wd4 wrote on November 22, 2022 at 11:15 PM

Think the bigger issue people that don't have this overhead get the same amount of a deduction. So a pizza delivery driver is spending more but getting less than a business would since their scale is just a single individual.

iwoketoanightmare t1_ixfpn8e wrote on November 23, 2022 at 2:24 AM

What you’re supposed to do is claim mileage from the employer and get the IRS rate as a reimbursement. Then they claim the deduction.