i know its been answered many times, but i'm just trying to avoid having to pay off a "five year plan" for lack of knowledge as a first time independent contractor. I work for a real estate agency, and am allowed to write off my mileage traveled. I keep a daily log of mileage, and starting a few days ago I've kept a written log of the order of properties i've gone to. If and when I'm audited, will the auditor actually map out where i've gone and see if my mileage log matches up? If all i could retrieve from my boss was my mileage for the first two weeks of work and not specific road names, could he bust me on that? Also, I have gotten lost finding properties which has upped my mileage... is an auditor going to be that picky?
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