Does Curri Track Your Mileage?

Curri is the confusing case, because Curri does pay by the mile. Payouts are based on distance and vehicle type, and in California, Prop 22 adds a stated 37 cents per mile for miles driven during active delivery time. None of that is a mileage log for tax purposes, and treating it as one costs Curri drivers real money in two separate ways.

Problem one: the paid miles are not all your miles

Curri defines active delivery time as the time spent performing a delivery, from the start of the trip to the order drop-off, and it explicitly excludes non-delivery activity. That definition leaves out the drive to the supplier to collect the load, the drive home or to your next staging point after a drop-off, and any repositioning you do between jobs. Those are deadhead miles and they are deductible even though Curri's per-mile figure does not cover them.

Problem two: a per-mile payment is income, not a reimbursement

This is the part that surprises drivers. Because you are an independent contractor rather than an employee, the per-mile amount Curri pays is not an employer reimbursement under an accountable plan. It is part of your gross business receipts, reported as income, and taxed as income. You then deduct your business miles separately at the IRS rate.

The two numbers are not the same size. If Curri pays 37 cents for a mile and the IRS rate for that mile is 76 cents, you report the 37 cents as income and deduct 76 cents as an expense. Drivers who assume the per-mile payment already handles the vehicle cost, and therefore skip the mileage deduction, are paying tax on the payment and claiming nothing against it.

What does a Curri driver need to log?

• The drive from home or your staging point to the supplier or yard
• Any wait-related repositioning before the load is ready
• The delivery drive itself, pickup to job site
• The drive from the job site to the next pickup or back to base
• Return trips for a refused or partial delivery
• The drive home at the end of the day

How much is at stake?

A driver running four construction deliveries a day, with 15 miles of unpaid positioning around each, drives 60 unpaid miles a day on top of the paid delivery legs. Five days a week across 50 weeks is 15,000 miles. At the 2026 rates (72.5 cents per mile through June 30, then 76 cents), those unpaid miles alone are worth about $11,138 in deductions. The paid delivery miles are deductible too, at the same IRS rate, regardless of what Curri paid you for them.

What is the 2026 rate?

72.5 cents per mile from January 1 through June 30, 2026, then 76 cents per mile from July 1 through December 31, 2026. Split your year at July 1 and apply each rate to the miles driven inside its period.

Can you use Curri's payout history as your log?

No. It is a payment record, and it only reflects the subset of driving Curri pays for. The IRS wants a contemporaneous log with the date, the miles, and the business purpose of every business drive, recorded at the time. A payout statement covering active delivery time cannot substitute for a record of everything you actually drove.

Where does this go on the return?

Curri income, including any per-mile amounts, goes on Schedule C as gross receipts. Your full logged business mileage, paid and unpaid alike, goes on line 9 as a vehicle expense. See how to claim mileage on your taxes for the sequence.

Sources: Curri, get to know Prop 22 at Curri (stated 37 cents per mile for miles driven during active delivery time; definition of active delivery time) and non-CMV deliverer agreement (independent contractor status, Form 1099 reporting). IRS, Internal Revenue Bulletin 2026-29. IRS, Publication 463. IRS, About Schedule C.

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