Taxpayers must record not only the destination of each trip. but also its purpose. time. date and mileage if they want to deduct the business expenses associated with the use of a vehicle from their taxes. Then. they have to be willing to submit those records to the IRS. This is "big brother" at is worst. Unfortunately. its also been the law since Jan. uary 1. For my colleagues information. as an indication of just how bad this regulation is. one of my constituentsa recent arrival as a refugee from Polandhas told me it is Just like what the Communists make the people do in his homeland. He was given the choice of submitting to such big brotherism. going to prison. or leaving the country. Obviously. he chose to leave.