text: job expenses (standard mileage)? can you claim the standard mileage rate for traveling to and from work if you only have one job?? ex. i live 55 mi. away from where i work i drive there to work 5-6 days a week. this is my only job. i do itemized deductions and i wondered if i could take off the mileage if you are talking about the milage it takes for you to commute back and forth to you job, you cannot deduct the milage. if you have to do that traveling in the course of your employment, and you're not reimbursed by your employer, then it can be deducted.