Meet New Yorkâs new $15 minimum wage and 12-week paid family leave law, which is the longest allowed leave in the U.S. As part of New Yorkâs 2016-2017 budget approval process, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed two pieces of legislation affecting employers: a minimum wage increase and paid family leave.
IRS publications say that you can deduct mileage driven from your home to work sites if your home is your principal place of business. But itâs actually more complicated than that: to qualify as a principal place of business, your home office must be used regularly and exclusively as your principal place of business.
But you don't get in the car and drive to Office #1 right away. If you did that, even as a self-employed person, you would be racking up non-deductible commuting miles, just like the employee. Instead, you grab a cup of coffee and head to Office #2 first, which takes all of 30 seconds.