For tax purposes, travel expenses are the ordinary and necessary expenses of traveling away from home for your business, profession, or job. An ordinary expense is one that is typical and widely accepted in your line of work. A necessary expense is one that is helpful and appropriate for running your business. It does not need to be essential or mandatory to qualify as necessary. See IRS Publication 463 and the on-screen help for more information.

To enter travel expenses in TaxAct, follow the steps in our Schedule C - Entering Sole Proprietorship in Program FAQ to enter your business details and then follow the prompts to enter expenses.

• If you use TaxAct Online, on the Here are some of the most commonly used expenses page, click View less common expenses and choose Travel. Then follow the remaining steps to complete your entries.
• If using TaxAct Desktop, you will just follow the interview process as travel expenses are part of that interview. Enter the amount on the Enter your travel expenses for this business screen and then Continue with the remaining prompts to complete your entries.

NOTE: Travel expenses do not include meal expenses - those are covered later in the interview process.