Mileage Tracking for Uber Eats Drivers
Many Uber Eats drivers drive 10,000 to 28,000 business miles a year. At the 2026 IRS standard rate of 72.5 cents per mile, that is a deduction range of $7,250 to $20,300 for the workers who can claim it.
Who can deduct
Uber Eats drivers are independent contractors regardless of whether they also drive Uber rideshare. You file Schedule C and deduct every business mile at the 2026 IRS rate of 72.5 cents per mile.
How Uber Eats drivers actually drive
Full-time Uber Eats drivers commonly drive 15,000 to 25,000 business miles a year. Part-time drivers running peak meal hours typically log 8,000 to 12,000. Eats-only drivers (no rideshare) tend to have lower per-trip mileage but more trips per shift.
Typical deductible trips
The trips below are the ones Uber Eats drivers most commonly forget to log, plus the obvious ones. Auto-tracking catches all of them, including the small ones that add up.
- Driving to a restaurant for pickup after accepting an order
- Driving from restaurant to delivery address (active delivery)
- Driving from a delivery back toward a restaurant district to find more orders
- Driving while online and waiting for an order request
- Driving between back-to-back deliveries (stacked orders)
How TruMile helps
TruMile auto-detects every drive using motion plus location, so the trips above get logged whether you remember them or not. Smart classification learns your repeat routes (between regular client homes, between job sites, to your supply store) and starts tagging them automatically after a few trips.
At year-end, one tap turns your trip log into an IRS-compliant CSV or PDF you can hand to your accountant or paste into Schedule C. The math is already done.
Free for 40 auto trips a month, every month. If you are anywhere near the high end of the typical mileage range, the unlimited Pro tier at $7.99 a month or $59.99 a year usually pays for itself in the first week of tax season.
FAQ for Uber Eats drivers
I drive both Uber rideshare and Uber Eats. One Schedule C or two?
One Schedule C. Both are part of the same gig-driver business activity (driving people or goods for hire). All business miles combine. Uber sends two separate 1099-NECs (one for rideshare, one for Eats); both income figures go on the same Schedule C.
Does Uber's annual tax summary include Eats deliveries?
Yes, but for Eats it counts only "active delivery" miles (period 3). Period 1 (waiting) and period 2 (en route to pickup) are typically not in the Eats summary. The IRS lets you deduct all three. Track independently to capture the full deduction.
Are Uber Eats orders different from DoorDash for taxes?
Same federal tax treatment. Different platforms but identical Schedule C handling. Multi-platform delivery drivers combine all platforms on one Schedule C.
What about boost / surge pay - taxable?
Yes, all platform earnings are gross income. Boost, surge, quest bonuses, and referral payments are all part of taxable earnings.
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