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As a general rule, you cannot deduct gas if you only use your vehicle to commute to school and for other personal uses.<\/p>\n<p>You might be able to deduct transportation expenses if you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are regularly employed<\/li>\n<li>Travel to school for work-related short-term education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, deducting school related travel expenses is typically not allowed by the IRS. As a general rule, you cannot deduct gas if you only use your vehicle to commute to school and for other personal uses. You might be able to deduct transportation expenses if you: Are regularly employed Travel to school for work-related short-term [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,125],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adjustments-and-deductions","category-filing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<title>Deduct School Related Travel Expenses | H&amp;R Block<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn more about deducting school related travel expenses with advice from the tax experts at H&amp;R Block.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hrblock.com\/tax-center\/filing\/adjustments-and-deductions\/deducting-school-related-travel-expenses\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is deducting school related travel expenses allowed by the IRS? 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