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What changed, what we built, and what mileage drivers need to know about it.
2026-09-04
Uber 1099 Forms: Which One You Get and Why
Uber may send a 1099-K, a 1099-NEC, both, or neither, depending on your state and earnings. No form arriving doesn't mean the income isn't taxed.
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2026-09-03
Uber Mileage Log for Taxes: What It Needs to Include
The IRS wants a contemporaneous mileage log, not Uber's Tax Summary. What five fields your log needs and why Uber's own numbers fall short.
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2026-09-02
Uber GST in Australia: Do Drivers Have to Register?
Uber drivers in Australia must register for GST from the first dollar earned, no $75,000 threshold. How registration works and what it does to your deduction.
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2026-09-01
Does Curri Track Your Mileage?
Curri pays by the mile, which is why drivers get this wrong. A per-mile payment is income, not a reimbursement, and it covers fewer miles than you drive.
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2026-08-31
Does HopSkipDrive Track Your Mileage?
HopSkipDrive calculates your fee from first pickup to last dropoff. Every mile before the first pickup is unpaid, uncounted, and still fully deductible.
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2026-08-30
Does Veho Track Your Mileage?
Veho pays per completed route, not per mile or per hour, so no per-mile number exists anywhere in the app. A 60-stop route is a full day of untracked driving.
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2026-08-29
Does Turo Track Your Mileage?
Turo tracks trip distance, but those are the guest's miles, not yours. The miles you can deduct are the delivery, cleaning, and fuel runs Turo never counts.
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2026-08-28
Does TaskRabbit Track Your Mileage?
TaskRabbit bills in hours, never miles, and tells movers to bury vehicle cost inside the hourly rate. Your driving is invisible on every invoice you send.
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2026-08-27
Does Wag Track Your Mileage?
Wag GPS-tracks the walk, not your drive to it. The live map the owner watches is the dog's route on foot. Your car miles are nowhere in the app.
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2026-08-26
Does Rover Track Your Mileage?
Rover does not log your miles. Rover's own sitter tax guide tells you to read your odometer. Six drop-ins a day can be 6,000 unlogged miles a year.
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2026-08-25
Lyft Driver Taxes: What You Owe and What You Can Deduct
A plain guide to Lyft driver taxes: your 1099 forms, self-employment tax, the mileage deduction, and quarterly payments. Verified against IRS 2026 rules.
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2026-08-25
Mileage Reimbursement vs Fuel Cards: Which Is Better?
A fuel card covers one cost. The IRS mileage rate covers all of them. Running both for the same miles creates a taxable overlap most employers miss.
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2026-08-24
Instacart Taxes: Full-Service Shoppers vs In-Store Shoppers
Full-service Instacart shoppers file Schedule C and deduct mileage. In-store shoppers are employees and cannot. Which one you are decides everything.
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2026-08-23
Shipt Shopper Taxes: What You Owe and What You Deduct
Shipt shoppers are independent contractors filing Schedule C. Here is the 1099 threshold, the self-employment tax math and the mileage that offsets it.
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2026-08-22
Lyft 1099 Forms: Which One You Get and Why
Lyft may send a 1099-K, a 1099-NEC, both, or neither. The thresholds differ, and no form arriving does not mean the income is untaxed.
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2026-08-21
How to Write Off a Car Lease for Business
You can deduct a leased vehicle two ways, but choosing the standard mileage rate locks you in for the whole lease term. Here is what each method allows.
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2026-08-20
Can You Write Off Gas for Work? Only Under One Method
Gas is deductible only under the actual expense method. The standard mileage rate already includes fuel, so claiming both is a double deduction.
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2026-08-19
Can You Deduct Mileage If You Were Reimbursed?
Whether you can deduct the gap between your reimbursement and the IRS rate depends entirely on whether you are a W-2 employee or self-employed.
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2026-08-18
Does Mileage Reimbursement Get Taxed?
Mileage reimbursement is tax-free under an accountable plan at or below the IRS rate. Miss one of the three tests and the whole payment becomes wages.
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2026-08-17
Where Does Mileage Go on Schedule C? Line 9 and Part IV
Mileage goes on Schedule C line 9, Car and truck expenses. Part IV asks four questions that decide whether the deduction survives review.
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2026-08-16
Mileage Tracking for Tutors: Deducting the Drive to Every Student
Tutors driving to students' homes are running a business with real vehicle costs. Which drives count, what the 2026 rate is worth, and what to log.
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2026-08-15
Home Inspector Mileage Deduction: What Counts and What Does Not
Home inspectors drive between properties all day. At 76 cents a mile in 2026, the drives between inspections are worth more than most inspectors claim.
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2026-08-14
CRA Mileage Rate by Province: Why Ontario and Manitoba Are the Same
The CRA business rate is 73 cents per kilometre in every province. Only the three territories differ, at 77 cents. Here is why province searches mislead.
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2026-08-13
CRA Medical Travel Mileage Rate: The Per-Province Table
CRA medical travel is claimed at a cents-per-kilometre rate that changes by province, from 55.5 cents in Saskatchewan to 70.5 in Nunavut.
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2026-08-12
Federal Mileage Reimbursement Rate 2026: GSA vs IRS
The GSA rate for federal employees is 76 cents per mile from July 1, 2026. It is not the same thing as the IRS rate, and the difference matters.
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2026-08-11
Is a Car Allowance Taxable? What Lands on Your W-2
A flat monthly car allowance is almost always taxable wages. Here is why, what it costs you, and the one plan structure that changes the answer.
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2026-08-04
Does Favor Track Your Mileage?
Favor shows a mileage figure in the Runner app, but it skips between-order miles. At 76 cents a mile from July 2026, missed miles add up fast for Texas Runners.
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2026-08-03
Does Gopuff Track Your Miles?
Gopuff's app shows your earnings, not your miles.
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2026-08-02
Does Roadie Track Your Mileage?
Roadie does not log a tax-ready mileage total. On a single 90-mile run, missing the pickup and empty return legs can cost you $65 to $68 in deductions.
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2026-08-01
Does Amazon Flex Track Your Miles?
Amazon Flex never tracks your mileage, not in the app, not on your 1099. At 76 cents a mile, untracked weeks cost over 100 dollars a month in deductions.
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2026-07-31
Does Walmart Spark Track Your Mileage?
Spark Driver doesn't track mileage for taxes. Missing 150 miles a month costs $114 at the current 76 cent IRS rate. See exactly which miles Spark skips.
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2026-07-30
Does Shipt Track Your Miles?
Shipt does not track shopper miles. Store runs and gaps between orders go unlogged. See what counts at 2026 rates: 72.5 cents through June, 76 cents after.
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2026-07-30
Multi-Platform Gig Mileage Taxes: One Schedule C, Two 2026 Rates
Drive for Uber, DoorDash, and more? All your miles go on one Schedule C, and in 2026 the trip date - not the platform - picks the 72.5 or 76 cent rate.
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2026-07-29
Does Instacart Track Your Mileage?
Instacart estimates distance to price batches, but never gives shoppers a mileage total. Missing 100 mi a week costs close to $3,850 a year at the 2026 rate.
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2026-07-28
Does Grubhub Track Your Mileage?
Grubhub shows a distance estimate per delivery, not a mileage log. Missing 20 miles a week costs about $772 a year at 2026 IRS rates. Here's what it skips.
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2026-07-27
Does Uber Eats Track Your Miles?
Uber Eats' Tax Summary only tracks your online miles, missing trips to the restaurant and between orders, worth up to $1,459 a year at the 2026 IRS rate.
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2026-07-26
Does Lyft Track Your Mileage?
Lyft's Annual Summary counts online miles only, missing the drive to your first ride or home after. See the gap at 2026's 72.5c to 76c IRS mileage rate.
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2026-07-25
Does Uber Track Your Miles? What the Tax Summary Leaves Out
Uber's Tax Summary reports "online miles," but deadhead trips and offline repositioning often don't count. At 72.5¢/76¢ a mile in 2026, that's real money.
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2026-07-22
Grubhub Driver Tax Deductions for 2026: The Write-Offs That Matter
Grubhub driver tax deductions for 2026: the split 72.5/76 cent mileage rate, a worked example, and how multi-platform miles combine on Schedule C.
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2026-07-21
Instacart Mileage Deduction: How Shoppers Write Off Miles in 2026
Instacart shoppers can deduct 72.5-76 cents/mile in 2026. Here's how the IRS mileage rate cuts your Instacart mileage deduction and self-employment tax.
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2026-07-19
The IRS Just Raised the 2026 Mileage Rate to 76 Cents
The IRS raised the business mileage rate to 76 cents a mile from July 1, 2026, up from 72.5 cents. Here is what the mid-year change means for your deduction.
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2026-07-11
W-9 vs 1099: What Each Form Is and How They Connect
The W-9 is what you hand a payer up front. The 1099 is what they send you after the year. Here is how the two forms connect for 2026.
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2026-07-10
What Is a 1099 Form? A Guide for Gig and Self-Employed Workers
What is a 1099 form? A plain guide for gig and self-employed drivers: the 2026 NEC and 1099-K thresholds, the tax you owe, and how mileage cuts it.
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2026-07-09
What Is a 1099-K? A Guide for Delivery and Rideshare Drivers
The 1099-K form for delivery and rideshare drivers: the 2026 $20,000/200 threshold, 1099-K vs 1099-NEC, and how the mileage deduction cuts your tax.
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2026-07-09
DoorDash Taxes: Deductions, Mileage, and What You Owe
How DoorDash taxes work for Dashers: 1099 forms, self-employment tax, the split 72.5/76-cent 2026 mileage deduction, and a worked example.
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2026-07-09
Amazon Flex tax deductions: mileage and what you can write off
Amazon Flex drivers file a Schedule C and pay self-employment tax. How the split 2026 mileage rate works (72.5 cents to June, 76 after) and what else to deduct.
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2026-07-09
1099 vs W-2: Which Are You, and What It Means for Your Mileage Deduction
1099 contractors deduct business mileage at the 2026 IRS rate, 72.5 cents to June and 76 from July. W-2 employees generally cannot. Here is why, and what to do.
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2026-07-09
Uber Driver Taxes: What You Owe and What You Can Deduct
A plain guide to Uber driver taxes: your 1099 forms, self-employment tax, the mileage deduction, and quarterly payments. Verified against IRS 2026 rules.
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2026-07-09
HMRC Raised the Mileage Rate to 55p in 2026: What Changed and How to Claim It
On 6 April 2026 HMRC raised the AMAP rate from 45p to 55p for the first 10,000 business miles, the first change since 2011. What it means and how to claim it.
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2026-05-04
The Best Mileage Tracker Apps in 2026
Head-to-head comparison of MileIQ, Everlance, Stride, Driversnote, TripLog, and TruMile on price, auto-detection, and IRS-log quality.
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2026-05-04
How to Switch from MileIQ in 5 Minutes
Migrating from MileIQ to TruMile takes about 5 minutes and preserves your trip history. Here is the step-by-step.
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2026-05-04
MileIQ Raised Prices in 2025. Here Are Your Options.
MileIQ raised prices materially in 2025 after the Bending Spoons acquisition, and pricing has continued to shift since. Here is what your options are.
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2026-05-04
Import MileIQ Data via CSV (Step-by-Step)
How to export your MileIQ trip history as CSV and import it into TruMile while keeping every classification.
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2026-05-04
How Automatic Mileage Detection Actually Works
Auto-detection mileage trackers use motion sensors, GPS, and Apple's significant-location-change API to detect drives without draining your battery.
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2026-05-04
Mileage Tracker Battery Life: Tips That Actually Help
If your mileage tracker drains your phone, here are the settings to change and the things that actually matter.
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2026-05-04
Multi-Platform Gig Mileage Tracking (Uber + Lyft + DoorDash)
If you drive for multiple gig platforms, here's how to track all your business mileage in one place and file a clean Schedule C.
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2026-05-04
Does DoorDash Track Miles? (And Why It Is Not Enough)
DoorDash's annual tax summary includes online miles, but it under-counts deductible mileage by 30-50 percent for most drivers.
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2026-05-04
6 Best Free Mileage Tracker Apps in 2026
Free-tier trip caps and auto-detection compared across Stride, TruMile, MileIQ, Everlance, Driversnote, and TripLog.
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2026-05-04
Employee Mileage Reimbursement: A Complete Guide
If you drive your personal vehicle for work as a W-2 employee, your employer may owe you reimbursement. Here is how it works.
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2026-05-04
FAVR Reimbursement Explained
FAVR (Fixed and Variable Rate) is a hybrid mileage reimbursement model that combines a monthly stipend with a per-mile rate. Here is when it makes sense.
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2026-05-04
Employee Mileage Reimbursement Law by State (2026)
Three states impose a broad employee mileage reimbursement law: California, Illinois, Massachusetts. Two more have indemnification statutes.
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2026-05-04
Airbnb Host Mileage Deduction (2026)
If you drive between Airbnb properties, to Home Depot for repairs, or to meet guests, those are deductible business miles.
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2026-05-04
Dog Walker and Pet Sitter Mileage Deduction
Dog walkers, pet sitters, and Rover/Wag contractors can deduct miles driven to client homes. Here are the rules.
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2026-05-04
The State of Mileage Deductions in 2026
What changed in mileage deduction rules for 2026, what stayed the same, and what is on the policy horizon for self-employed and W-2 drivers.
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2026-05-04
Can You Use Google Maps Timeline as a Mileage Log?
Google Maps Timeline records location history but is not a sufficient mileage log on its own. Here's why and what to do instead.
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2026-05-04
Tax Day Checklist for Gig Workers (2026)
Everything gig drivers need to gather before filing taxes. 1099s, mileage logs, deduction categories, quarterly payment records.
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2026-05-04
Small Business Tax Deductions: The Complete List
A comprehensive list of tax deductions available to small business owners filing Schedule C, beyond just mileage.
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2026-05-04
Hobby vs Business: How the IRS Decides
If your side activity loses money for too many years, the IRS may classify it as a hobby. Losing your ability to deduct expenses. Here is the test.
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2026-05-04
Vehicle Depreciation and Section 179: When It Beats Mileage
For high-cost business vehicles, depreciation under Section 179 plus bonus depreciation can produce a much larger deduction than the standard mileage rate.
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2026-05-04
Owe the IRS? How Payment Plans Work
If your tax bill is bigger than you can pay at once, the IRS offers payment plans. Here are your options and what each costs.
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2026-05-04
2027 Tax Filing Deadlines: Mark Your Calendar
Federal tax filing and quarterly estimated payment deadlines for 2027. Plus extension options and what happens if you miss them.
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2026-05-04
Mileage Log vs Mileage App: Which Holds Up Better?
A paper or spreadsheet mileage log can work for the IRS, but an auto-tracking app is contemporaneous by construction and easier to maintain.
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2026-05-04
The Cheapest Mileage Tracker Apps in 2026
Pricing comparison of the major mileage trackers in 2026. Free tiers, monthly costs, annual costs, and what each one includes.
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2026-05-04
Why iPhone-First Matters for a Mileage Tracker
A mileage tracker built natively for iOS uses Apple's energy-efficient APIs and ships a smaller install. Why this matters more than people realize.
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2026-05-04
Delivery Driver Tax Deductions Beyond Mileage
Mileage is the biggest delivery-driver deduction, but it is not the only one. Bags, phone, supplies, and other write-offs that delivery drivers commonly miss.
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2026-05-04
The Volunteer Driver Tax Situation: 14¢/Mile, Frozen Since 1997
Volunteer drivers have been deducting at 14 cents per mile since 1997. The rate has not changed in 28 years despite congressional discussion.
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2026-05-04
What to Hand Your Tax Preparer About Mileage
Your tax preparer needs specific mileage information to file correctly. Here's exactly what to give them and what they will ask if you do not.
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2026-05-04
Voice-Logged Mileage Trips with Siri Shortcuts
Log a completed ride or end an active drive with a Siri voice command. How TruMile's two App Intents work and why hands-free matters.
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2026-05-04
Walmart Spark Driver Tax Deductions
Walmart Spark drivers are independent contractors. Mileage is the largest tax deduction available. Here is what counts and how to claim it.
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2026-05-04
Standard Deduction vs Itemize: How Mileage Fits In
The standard deduction vs itemize choice does NOT affect your business mileage deduction. Here is why and what does affect it.
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2026-05-04
Mileage Tracker Privacy: What Apps Do With Your Location Data
Most mileage trackers send your location data to a server. The privacy and breach implications are bigger than people realize.
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2026-05-04
Filing a Tax Extension: How It Works for Self-Employed
Form 4868 extends your filing deadline six months but not your payment deadline. How to file one, and what self-employed filers need to watch for.
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2026-05-04
Car Allowance vs Mileage Reimbursement vs FAVR
Three ways employers pay for personal-vehicle business use: flat car allowance, per-mile reimbursement, or FAVR. Each is taxed differently. Here is how.
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2026-05-04
Home Office and Mileage Deduction: How They Interact
If you have a qualifying home office, drives from home to client sites become deductible business miles. Here's how the two deductions stack.
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2026-05-04
IRS Accountable Plan: How Tax-Free Mileage Reimbursement Works
An accountable plan lets employers reimburse mileage tax-free. Here are the three IRS requirements and what makes a plan compliant.
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2026-05-04
Company Mileage Policy Template (Free)
A template mileage reimbursement policy for small businesses. Includes IRS-compliant language and the three accountable-plan requirements.
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2026-05-04
Why Your Gig Platform Mileage Number Isn't Enough
Uber, DoorDash, Lyft, and Instacart all show online miles in their tax summaries. None of them count all the miles you can deduct.
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2026-05-04
Mileage Rates Compared: IRS vs CRA vs HMRC vs ATO
How the four major English-speaking tax jurisdictions handle mileage deductions. Rates, methods, log requirements, and quirks compared side by side.
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2026-05-04
Receipt Scanning in Mileage Tracker Apps: What It Does
Some mileage trackers also scan and categorize business expense receipts. Here is what receipt OCR does, when it helps, and where it falls short.
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2026-05-04
Mileage Tracker Apps: iPhone vs Android
iOS and Android handle background location tracking differently. Here is how that affects mileage app battery use, accuracy, and feature parity.
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2026-05-04
Mileage Reimbursement Form Template (For Employees)
A template you can give your employer to standardize monthly mileage reimbursement submissions. IRS-compliant fields. Adapt it for your situation.
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2026-05-04
The Complete Gig Worker Mileage Guide (2026)
What gig workers need to know about mileage deductions in 2026: rates, deduction math, audit defense, and the write-offs most gig drivers miss.
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2026-05-03
Quarterly Estimated Taxes for Self-Employed Drivers
If you're self-employed and expect to owe more than $1,000 in federal tax, the IRS wants quarterly payments. Here's the schedule and the math.
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2026-05-02
The Complete Rideshare Driver Tax Guide (2026)
Everything Uber and Lyft drivers need to know about taxes in 2026: 1099 forms, mileage deduction math, quarterly payments, and the deductions most drivers miss.
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2026-05-01
Gig Worker Tax Deductions Beyond Mileage
Mileage is the biggest gig-driver deduction, but it is not the only one. Phone, insurance, supplies, and other write-offs that gig workers commonly miss.
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2026-04-30
On-Device Trip Classification (and Why It Matters for Privacy)
How TruMile classifies your trips on the device, without uploading your location data to a server. The privacy and battery implications.
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2026-04-28
Are Rideshare Tips Taxable? (Yes. And Tracking Matters.)
Tips received as a rideshare or delivery driver are fully taxable income. Here's how the IRS treats tips and how mileage tracking changes the math.
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2026-04-22
The W-2 Mileage Deduction Is Gone. Here's What That Means.
The federal W-2 mileage deduction was suspended in 2018 and made permanent in 2025. If you drive for work as an employee, here are your remaining options.
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2026-04-15
What the One Big Beautiful Bill Changed About Mileage Deductions
The 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill made the W-2 mileage deduction suspension permanent. What changed, who is affected, and the options you have left.
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