PPL Flight Expenses Legal?

Stubby wrote:

But don't bother -- it's
always limited to the customary charge on a normal scheduled airline.
Now, Southwest is charging only $39 for many flights so you're not going
to get much reimbursement.

Not entirely true. Just because there may be some Southwest Airlines seats
somewhere in the US for $39., it doesn't mean a GA pilot can only claim up
to $39 per leg for his particular flight. There have been cases I recall
reading (Flying Magazine, perhaps?) where a GA pilot was successful in
getting the IRS to allow actual costs for the flight.

Also, there have been cases where the pilot was able to prove that the time
saved by flying GA (door-to-door being less than commercial airlines with
security, connections, etc) allowed him to more productively operate his
business. In this case, the IRS allowed the actual costs of the GA flight.

Again, I don't have an Internet site because it was an article in one of
the aviation periodicals I received. But, in my case, I have been flying
GA every week for business since March between two cities not serviced by
GA. I was told by my account to confidently deduct actual costs of each
flight (following the proper logging of each flight, etc.)

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"Peter R." wrote:

But, in my case, I have been flying
GA every week for business since March between two cities not serviced by
GA.

Sorry for the typo: "Not serviced by commercial airlines," it should read
above.


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