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Hello, patrick. We are happy to see you here in the Community with your concern about your business mileage being greater than the total mileage in QuickBooks Self-Employed (QBSE). Let us share some insights about it.
We can understand the importance of tracking mileage in our program. If you're automatically tracking mileage in QBSE, normally, you'll have greater business mileage than the total mileage. QuickBooks automatically detects and tracks everything from start to finish. Also, it uses the standard mileage method to estimate your tax deductions. To calculate the deduction, QuickBooks multiplies your total business miles by the current rate per mile set by the IRS. Even though QuickBooks uses the standard mileage method, you don't have to use it when you file your taxes. You can calculate your actual vehicle expenses and miles traveled, which is known as the actual expenses method.
If you want to keep your business mileage in sync with what's on your QuickBooks total mileage, you'll want to manually track or add mileage. See this article for details: Manually track mileage in QuickBooks Self-Employed.
Additionally, you can check these articles for references in managing mileage:
Keep us posted if you need more help managing your accounts in QuickBooks, Patrick. We'll always be here for you. Take care always!
I'm having the same issue and your response doesn't fix the problem. I've used the mileage tracker, I have a small amount of business miles and it won't let me complete my taxes and send to turbo tax because i keep getting the error that my business miles are greater than my total miles. There is no apparent remedy.
It's good to see you here in the Community, @millersjam. I'm here to help you get rid of the error so you can complete taxes and send them to turbo tax.
The error you received indicates you'll need to correct the total miles. You can do so under the Tax info to ensure your business miles match or are less than your total miles. Let me guide you on how.
Once done, check out this article to proceed with transmitting your tax info to TurboTax: Send QuickBooks Self-Employed tax info to TurboTax Self-Employed or Live.
Furthermore, visit these references for guidance in managing mileage:
I hope my reply finds you with a smile. These steps should help you eliminate the error. Should you need further assistance managing mileage, let me know in the comment section below. Goodbye for now.
Can you tell me what you did or changed to move forward? I am getting the same message.
Thank you for posting your concern here, cmfencing05.
I have seen that my colleague has answered your previous post. To keep the conversation smooth and for us to give you an accurate response, I suggest that you post any follow-ups there.
You can refer to this link if you haven't read my colleague's response yet: Re: Your business miles can’t be greater than your total miles. How do i fix this? (intuit.com)
Feel free to ask further questions about your mileage or any QuickBooks-related concerns. It's always our pleasure to help you. Keep safe.
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