Mixed up my business and personal mileage on my tax form

Was sitting at my kitchen table in Portland last April filling out Schedule C when I realized I'd been logging all my driving in one notebook. Took me three hours to separate 4,200 miles of freelance deliveries from my grocery runs and weekend trips. Has anyone else dealt with the headache of untangling mileage records after the fact?

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finley_smith2d ago

Guess that's one way to learn why you shouldn't mix business with pleasure.

mason_murray82d ago

Wait, 4,200 miles? That's like driving from Portland to Miami and back. I'm honestly impressed you had the patience to sit there and untangle all that, I would've just thrown the whole notebook away and started guessing.