Keep food recipts or not?

If I were you i would keep them. You may be amazed at how much stuff you will be able to write off on your taxes there driver. Good luck to ya with werner and be safe.

 

I don't, you get $50+ a day on your taxes off of your logs. Find a good accountant, as everything you do out here is a write off.

Mike

 

Keep all reciepts except meals. They add up at the end of the year. The IRS does not assume anything. Keep your logbooks as proof you were away from home to claim your per diem deduction on your taxes. You will need an address as your home to claim it.

 

I keep my logbooks to prove I was out, and I have a credit card that I only use for trucking purchases that I can write off, like food, stuff for the truck, etc. I don't put cigs, or movies or other stuff on it.
It is paid off at the end of the month, and I can go back and look at my statements for the year to see how much I can write off.
It's also a shock to actually see how much you spend a month just living on the road!

 

yep, you get a standard deduction for each day you're out

 

Like they said before, meal receipts are useless. You get so much per day for per diem to claim at the end of the year.

Now I recommend claiming it at the end of the year instead of having it taken out before taxes. That way more of your income counts towards social security etc. Will help you out later in retirement.

 

You can save the receipts if you want. Especially if you eat more than 52.00 per day.

 

you won't be able to claim more even if you eat more.

 

Where is the proof of that?