How do I claim self-employed travel expenses?

If you're self-employed, you can claim reasonable travel expenses from yourself or your employees.

Select your TurboTax product and follow the instructions to claim travel expenses.

TurboTax Online

Answer all the intitial interview questions if you haven't already.
Select Find and enter self-employment.
Select the search result, then Go.
Answer all the questions about your self-employment and Continue on the Next up, claiming your expenses screen.
On the Select the types of expenses you have screen, select Add under Business travel and Continue.
On the Here's your graphic design info scree, select Start under Business travel.
Enter the amount of your eligible travel expenses and Continue.

TurboTax Desktop

Select Find from the menu and enter business.
Select Business profile, then select Go, and at Business expert interview, select Continue.
At Business Identification, select your category of self-employment, then select Continue.
At T2125 Business Identification, enter your self-employment business information.
Continue completing each screen, providing the information requested.
At T2125 Business Income, provide the gross revenue (sales, fees) and other information, then select Continue.
At T2125 Valuing Inventory, provide applicable information and select Continue, or select Skip Inventory.
At T2125 Vehicle Expenses, select Yes if you have business vehicle expenses, and complete the screens for vehicle expenses.
At T2125 Claiming Business Expenses, select Continue.
At Meals and Entertainment, include your meal expenses from business travel, including a $50 per day fixed rate for any conventions attended, then select Continue.
At Business Travel Expenses, claim the total of all travel expenses, but don't include the meal and entertainment expenses from step #10, and don't include convention expenses, then select Continue.
At Other Expenses, include convention expenses after subtracting the $50 per day amount included at Step #10, then select Continue.