Deducting Mileage for a Road Trip to a Conference

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Hi All,

Long time viewer first time poster. I wonder if anyone has ran into this situation. Let me began. I plan to attend a conference (business related) that is 2800 miles round trip. Plane ticket is ~$350. I know that for 2019 you get to deduct .58 cents for each mile driven. The math works out to $1274 in tax savings! Also, I plan to stay at a few motels along the way which adds to more deductions. Cash costs between the flight and drive washes out after expensing for motel stays and food. Besides time, effort and a bit of depreciation on the car, I find this to be a huge cost saver. What am I missing here?

Thanks,

DC

[Ashish Acharya]

 Even before deciding if the mileage is deductible,  the tax saving is not the deduction. It’s deduction times your marginal tax rate. 

Not much of the tax and time saver.