Tax question about mileage

Yes, IF your agency does not reimburse for your mileage.I will tell you that DH and I kept a VERY detailed record of exactly how many miles we drove in 2011 because our agency does not reimburse mileage. We kept 2 logs...1 for mileage for medical appointments and one for mileage for visits. Visits are considered a charitable deduction and you can claim 14 cents/mile. For medical it must be a child you can claim as a dependent and you can claim 19 cents/mile (Jan 1 to June 30) or 23.5 cents/mile (July 1 to Dec 31).We had 2500 non medical miles and about 2600 medical miles. It didn't help us much. We didn't have enough medical expenses to get us to 7.5% of our AGI, so we claimed all our foster child miles as a charitable deduction at 14 cents/mile, so it was a $714 charitable contribution to our agency.[url]http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p526.pdf[/url] (page 5)[url]http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p502.pdf[/url] (medical mileage on 1st page)