![]() ![]() (9) No matter which method I use to calculate my meal expenses, Turbo Tax changes it to 50% of the total meal expense. (8) If I am using the actual method, do I need to prorate the meal expense by ¾ for each day? If I am using the standard meal allowance method, do I need to prorate the meal expense by ¾ for each day? (7) I stay in one night for each of my travels, which means that for each travel, the two days I am staying with my client are both categorized as “arrival and departure†dates. (6) I was reimbursed for the actual cost of hotels using the actual receipt, am I still eligible to use the standard lodging allowance (which varies seasonally averaging $220/day on to enter my lodging expenses on Schedule C? Or do I have to use the Actual cost Method to enter my meal expenses because that is the method I got my reimbursement? (5) I was reimbursed for the actual cost of meals using the actual receipt, am I still eligible to use the standard meal allowance (which is $71/day on to enter my meal expenses on Schedule C? Or do I have to use the Actual cost Method to enter my meal expenses because that is the method I got my reimbursement? Can I add the travel expense for 2009 to the travel expense in 2010 (they are belongs to the same project, that are paid in 2010), and file it as an expense in my 2010’s return? So I did not put those travels in 2009 as self-employment expense in my 2009’s return. (4) One of my travels is done in 2009, but I did not get paid until 2010 (I did not get 1099-MISC in 2009). Can I still add the amount of these 3 into my expenses even if I could not find the receipts? (3) I have most of my receipts for Taxis (the copied one not the original one), but I lost 3 of them. ![]() But I did copy those receipt when I fax it over for reimbursement, so I did have the copied version of my receipts. ![]() (2) I throw out all my original receipts because I did not expect the company add my travel reimbursement amount on 1099-MISC so that I have to claim the expense myself on my tax return. Should I fill out Schedule C to add an expense for this income so that the amount listed on Box 7 will be lowered to my actual consulting fee? (1) Even if I got reimbursed for the travel expenses, I believe that it should not be treated as my actual income and being taxed on. I was reimbursed for the travel expenses by the company, but the company adds the travel expense to my actual consulting income to 1099 on Box 7 - Nonemployee compensation. I did a consulting work as a self-employment, and got a 1099-MISC for the year 2010. ![]()
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