DON'T FEAR THE AUDITOR: CLAIM INCIDENTAL TRAVEL EXPENSES.

• Position: United States. Tax Court allows claims for travel expenses following cases Marin and Anita Johnson v. Comm and Jim Westling v. Comm - Brief Article

Two separate, but related U.S. Tax Court decisions directly affecting an estimated 3-6 million taxpayers were published mid-September. These rulings allow taxpayers to claim $3,000 to $10,000 for "miscellaneous travel expenses" without being required to provide any receipts to IRS auditors.

The court's 30-page Johnson decision and the 10-page Westling decision now both allow any deserving taxpayer (not just transportation-industry employees) who travels for business reasons, to claim possibly thousands of dollars in legitimate travel deductions, without having to keep any receipts...