Mileage Reimbursement Calculator 2025

For 2025, the IRS standard mileage rates are: 70 cents per mile for business travel (up from 67¢ in 2024), 21 cents per mile for medical or moving purposes (active military only), and 14 cents per mile for charitable driving. These rates are announced by the IRS each year and take effect January 1. Self-employed workers and employees who aren't reimbursed by their employer can deduct business miles on Schedule C or Form 2106.

Business miles include driving to client meetings, job sites, professional conferences, and between work locations. Commuting from home to your regular place of business does not count as a business mile — this is personal travel. However, if you work from a home office and drive to a client location, the entire trip may qualify. For rideshare drivers (Uber, Lyft) and delivery workers, miles driven while the app is on and waiting for or completing rides/deliveries are deductible business miles.

It depends on your vehicle costs. The standard mileage rate is simpler — just track miles driven. The actual expense method lets you deduct fuel, insurance, repairs, depreciation, and registration fees proportional to business use. Actual expenses may be better if you drive a fuel-inefficient vehicle or have high ownership costs. You must choose your method in the first year you use the car for business; once you use actual expenses you generally can't switch back to standard mileage for that vehicle.