Is commuting deductible?

No. Driving between home and your regular place of work is a personal commute, not a business trip, no matter how far it is. The calculator cannot distinguish the two, so entering commuting miles as business mileage will simply produce a number you are not entitled to claim.

Can an employee deduct business mileage?

Generally not on a federal return for tax years 2018 through 2025, because the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act suspended unreimbursed employee business expenses. Armed Forces reservists, qualified performing artists and fee-basis state or local officials remain eligible under separate rules.

Who can still deduct moving mileage?

Since 2018 the moving expense deduction has been limited to active-duty members of the Armed Forces moving under military orders. The Medical/Moving category applies the same rate to both, so a civilian move entered here would produce a deduction that is not claimable.

Should I use the standard rate or actual expenses?

You may instead deduct the actual cost of operating the vehicle — fuel, insurance, repairs, depreciation and lease payments — apportioned to business use. This tool only computes the standard-rate figure. Rules restrict switching methods for a vehicle once chosen, so decide deliberately.

What records do I need to keep?

A contemporaneous log recording the date, business purpose and miles for each trip, ideally with start and end points. A total reconstructed at year end from memory is the weakest possible position in an examination. Keep the log at least three years.

Are parking and tolls included in the rate?

No. Business-related parking fees and tolls are generally deductible in addition to the standard mileage rate, and this calculator has no field for them. Track them separately and add them to your deduction outside this tool.

Where do these rates come from and can I use other years?

The rates in this tool come from IRS Notice 2024-08 for the 2024 year and IR-2024-312 for 2025, as recorded in its source data. Only those two years are available — an earlier or later year would need the rate published for that year.

IRS Mileage Deduction Calculator — 2024 and 2025 Rates

IRS Mileage Deduction CalculatorThe Mileage Deduction Calculator is a free browser-based tool that converts miles driven into a dollar deduction using the IRS standard mileage rates. You choose a tax year — 2024 or 2025 — and add one entry per category of driving: business, medical or moving, or charitable. The tool sums the miles in each category, multiplies them by that year’s rate, and prints the arithmetic for every line. For 2024 it applies 67 cents per business mile, 21 cents medical and 14 cents charitable; for 2025, 70 cents, 21 cents and 14 cents. It estimates only, never checks whether a trip qualifies, and does not compare the actual-expense method.

What people use it for

A consultant totalling a year of client visits

A self-employed consultant with a spreadsheet of client trips enters the annual business mileage as a single entry and sees the deduction immediately. Because the breakdown prints miles times rate equals deduction, the figure can be reconciled against the log rather than taken on trust.

Splitting a mixed year across three categories

The same person may drive to clients, to a course of hospital appointments, and for a charity they volunteer with. Adding one entry per category applies the correct rate to each, and the gap between 70 cents and 14 cents a mile makes clear why the categories must be recorded separately rather than lumped into one annual figure.

Seeing what the rate change is worth

The business rate moved from 67 cents in 2024 to 70 cents in 2025. Running the same annual mileage under both years quantifies the difference, which matters when comparing one year’s return against the next and wondering why the deduction moved even though the driving did not change at all.

Checking a tracking app before filing

Mileage apps produce a total but rarely show which rate they applied or which year they assumed, and a stale rate is easy to miss. Re-entering the category totals here gives an independent figure to compare against, plus a printable breakdown to keep alongside the app export in your own records.

How it works

Choose the tax year The selector offers 2024 and 2025 and determines the entire rate set. After you calculate, the three rates for that year appear as small cards so you can confirm which figures were used.
Add an entry per category Each entry carries a category — Business, Medical/Moving, or Charitable — a mileage figure, and an optional description such as "client meetings" or "hospital visits" that prints with the finished record.
Add as many entries as you need The calculator sums miles by category across every entry, so you can keep trips itemised by client, project or purpose rather than collapsing everything into one number.
Calculate Four summary cards report the total miles, the total deduction, the tax year applied, and how many entries were counted — the last of which is a quick check that nothing was left out.
Read the breakdown and print Each category row shows the miles, the rate in cents, and the multiplication that produced the deduction, ending in a combined total that can be printed for your file.

Worked examples

Input: Tax year 2024: 8,000 business miles, 1,200 medical miles and 500 charitable miles, entered as three separate entries.

Result: Business gives 8,000 × $0.67 = $5,360.00, medical gives 1,200 × $0.21 = $252.00, and charitable gives 500 × $0.14 = $70.00. The total deduction is $5,682.00 across 9,700 miles — with the business share accounting for almost all of it.

Input: 12,000 business miles, calculated first under tax year 2025 and then under 2024.

Result: At the 2025 rate the deduction is 12,000 × $0.70 = $8,400.00; at the 2024 rate it is 12,000 × $0.67 = $8,040.00. The same driving is worth $360.00 more in 2025 purely because of the rate change.

Input: 1,500 miles driven for a qualified charity during 2024, entered as a charitable entry.

Result: The deduction is 1,500 × $0.14 = $210.00. The charitable rate is fixed by statute rather than adjusted annually for costs, which is why it has stayed at 14 cents while the business rate has moved — and why it is claimed as an itemised charitable deduction, not a business expense.

Frequently asked questions

Is commuting deductible?: No. Driving between home and your regular place of work is a personal commute, not a business trip, no matter how far it is. The calculator cannot distinguish the two, so entering commuting miles as business mileage will simply produce a number you are not entitled to claim.
Can an employee deduct business mileage?: Generally not on a federal return for tax years 2018 through 2025, because the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act suspended unreimbursed employee business expenses. Armed Forces reservists, qualified performing artists and fee-basis state or local officials remain eligible under separate rules.
Who can still deduct moving mileage?: Since 2018 the moving expense deduction has been limited to active-duty members of the Armed Forces moving under military orders. The Medical/Moving category applies the same rate to both, so a civilian move entered here would produce a deduction that is not claimable.
Should I use the standard rate or actual expenses?: You may instead deduct the actual cost of operating the vehicle — fuel, insurance, repairs, depreciation and lease payments — apportioned to business use. This tool only computes the standard-rate figure. Rules restrict switching methods for a vehicle once chosen, so decide deliberately.
What records do I need to keep?: A contemporaneous log recording the date, business purpose and miles for each trip, ideally with start and end points. A total reconstructed at year end from memory is the weakest possible position in an examination. Keep the log at least three years.
Are parking and tolls included in the rate?: No. Business-related parking fees and tolls are generally deductible in addition to the standard mileage rate, and this calculator has no field for them. Track them separately and add them to your deduction outside this tool.
Where do these rates come from and can I use other years?: The rates in this tool come from IRS Notice 2024-08 for the 2024 year and IR-2024-312 for 2025, as recorded in its source data. Only those two years are available — an earlier or later year would need the rate published for that year.

Tips

Keep separate entries per client or purpose; the descriptions print with the breakdown and make a mileage log far easier to defend.
Round down rather than up where a log is uncertain — the deduction is only ever as strong as the record behind it.
Add business parking and tolls to your return separately; they sit on top of the standard rate and this tool ignores them.
Check the year selector before reading the total, because the 2024 and 2025 business rates differ by three cents a mile.
If you drive a lot in an expensive vehicle, price the actual-expense method too before committing to the standard rate.

Written by Ahsan Mahmood. Last updated 2026-07-21. This calculator runs entirely in your browser and produces estimates, not tax advice.TaxEase — IRS Mileage Deduction Calculator