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.
Get a receipt in case youâre audited. In addition, if you volunteer for a qualified organization, you canât deduct the value of your time, but you can deduct travel expenses for getting there (14 cents per mile). Refer to IRS Pub 526 for more details on what can and canât be deducted.