08/18/2026
Tax Tip Tuesday:
Travel for Combined Business and Personal Reasons
If you are self-employed and combine business activities with summer vacationing, then you may have some tricky tax calculations awaiting you upon your return. In general, you may only deduct travel costs as business expenses if they serve a clear business purpose. For example, the cost of a lunch meeting with clients may be at least partially deductible, but the cost of family activities generally would not be. Some expenses may need to be prorated based on the percentage of the trip devoted to business matters, while others like airfare are typically either fully deductible or not deductible at all, depending on the primary purpose of the trip.