Business Trip or Commute?

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  • Bird Legs
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2005
    • 990
    #1

    Business Trip or Commute?

    Client live in town. He is self employed. Clients Wife & her brother inherited a ranch, working,
    about 200 miles from town.. Brother lives on ranch and oversees it.
    Clients wife will drive down to see about the ranch and check the books maybe 4 times
    a year. 400 miles round trip.
    Are these commuting or business miles for the wife?
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    • Gretel
      Senior Member
      • Jun 2005
      • 4008
      #2
      I opt for business miles. She stays overnight, right? I don't think you ever have commuting miles if you stay overnight. Already because of the distance, even if she doesn't stay overnight, I vote for business miles. It outside of her metropolitan area.

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        • Chief
          Senior Member
          • Jun 2005
          • 799
          #3
          Business Miles

          I would also say these are not commuting miles.

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            • Unregistered
              #4
              Sounds like this could be a passive activity for the wife. Doesn't appear the material participation rules are met based on the limited facts in the post.

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                • RLymanC
                  Senior Member
                  • Sep 2005
                  • 653
                  #5
                  Miles

                  Drive to ranch to "check the books", no office in home?????
                  Sounds like a commute to me.
                  Confucius say:
                  He who sits on tack is better off.

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