As with the minimum wage increase, New York is staging benefit increases, beginning with 50 percent of an employeeâs average weekly wage, capped to 50 percent of the statewide average weekly wage. The average weekly wage will increase to 67 percent by 2021, with a 67 percent cap.
2. Calculate your business mileage. Mileage deducted for business purposes includes travel to clients or customers, going to a business meeting away from a regular workplace, going to a temporary workplace if you have a regular place of work or traveling among several offices within a region.. Calculate your total at the end of the year. Multiply the total number of miles traveled throughout the year by the mileage rate for each category. For instance, you may deduct 14 cents per mile when working for charitable organizations and 57.5 cents per mile traveled for business.
The standard mileage rate is by far the easiest to use. With the standard mileage rate, you take a mileage deduction of a specified number of cents for every business mile you drive. The IRS sets the standard mileage rate each year. The 2015 Mileage Rate is 57.5 cents per mile.To figure out your mileage deduction, simply multiply your business miles by the standard mileage rate for the specific year. Example: Ed, a salesperson, drove his car 20,000 miles for business during 2014.o determine his mileage deduction, he simply multiplies his business miles by the applicable standard mileage rate (56 cents per mile in 2014). This gives him a total mileage deduction for the year of $11,200 (56 cents Ã 20,000 = $11,200).