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Self-Employed Expense Deduction Estimator
Organize common self-employed expense categories and estimate potentially deductible totals. Distinguishes amounts entered from amounts you mark as potentially deductible—without inventing tax savings.
Estimate potentially deductible expenses
Enter amounts and the percentage you believe may be deductible. This tool does not compute tax savings (brackets, SE tax, and limitations vary). Not every expense is fully deductible.
- $2,400.00
- $1,200.00
- $540.00
- $400.00
- $450.00
- $1,500.00
- Total expenses entered
- $7,250.00
- Potentially deductible
- $6,490.00
- Not marked deductible
- $760.00
Keep business expenses organized all year.
Capture merchants, categories, and receipts in MileLedger instead of a year-end pile.
How this tool works
Add categories with amounts and a potentially deductible percentage. Totals show entered spend versus amounts marked deductible.
Calculation methodology
Potentially deductible = amount × (deductible % ÷ 100). No tax bracket or self-employment tax multiplier is applied.
Worked example
A $900 phone bill marked 60% business contributes $540 to the potentially deductible total—not automatically $900.
