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Notes on logbooks, rates and driving for work.
Short, sourced, and checked against the CRA’s and the IRS’s own pages. RSS
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CRA mileage rate 2026 medical
The CRA allowance is 73¢ then 67¢ everywhere in Canada for 2026. A separate per-province rate, only published for 2025, covers medical, moving and northern travel.
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Changing cars mid-year: mileage log (CRA)
A June trade-in does not merge two trucks into one logbook. Close the old odometer, open the new one, and keep the two business-use percentages apart.
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Real estate agent mileage deduction (IRS)
Showings, open houses and brokerage drop-offs are business miles for a self-employed agent. Schedule C wants them counted separately, not estimated.
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Uber and DoorDash mileage deduction (IRS)
Why an Uber or DoorDash trip summary misses miles the IRS still counts, the $400 line that requires a return, and the 1099-K threshold that does not change it.
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Mileage log with two cars for one business
A cargo van at 86% business use and a sedan at 20% cannot share one logbook. Why the CRA wants each vehicle's kilometres and costs kept apart.
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Are parking and tolls deductible? (CRA)
Why parking and supplementary insurance skip the CRA's business-use percentage, what tolls fall back on instead, and how the employee route differs.
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Accountable plan rules for mileage reimbursement
How employers keep mileage reimbursements tax-free and off your W-2: the IRS’s three accountable plan rules, the 30, 60 and 120-day deadlines, and missed ones.
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Can W-2 employees deduct mileage? (IRS)
IRS Topic 510 names three W-2 job categories that still deduct car expenses on Form 2106, and what that means for everyone else driving for work.
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Capital cost allowance for a vehicle in Canada
How a vehicle's purchase price turns into a yearly deduction on Form T2125, the $39,000 line that sets the class, and what changes for an electric one.
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IRS adequate records for car expenses
Publication 463's own worksheet for a mileage log, why filling it in once a week still counts as timely, and how one logged week can stand for a month.
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IRS standard mileage vs actual expenses
The IRS lets you choose once, in a car's first business year. How the same trips price out both ways, what locks in, and why depreciation can make it close.
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Form T2200: what to ask your employer for
What signing Form T2200 actually certifies, the two conditions that have to be true before your employer will sign it, and what a mileage log still has to show.
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Is driving to work deductible in Canada? The CRA rule
Home to your regular workplace is personal. What the CRA counts as business driving instead, a worked example, and how to log trips so the split holds up.
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How to export your MileIQ data before cancelling
How to get your drives out of MileIQ, what to keep and for how long, what a new log needs on day one, and what does not carry over.
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Odometer readings for a CRA mileage log
Why the CRA asks for odometer readings at the start and end of the year, how two readings turn a log into a T2125 percentage, and a monthly check for gaps.
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Mileage tracker app privacy: the App Store label
How to read an App Store privacy label for a mileage tracker, what Data Used to Track You means, and what the labels of three popular apps said on August 21, 2026.
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How mileage apps detect driving: Bluetooth vs motion
The three ways an app knows you are driving, how each one fails, and the honest limits of relying on the car's Bluetooth.
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IRS standard mileage rate 2026: 72.5¢ and 76¢
72.5 cents for January through June, 76 cents from July 1, how that compares with 2025, and what it means for a log that crosses the midpoint.
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Claiming EV charging as a vehicle expense (CRA)
How electricity fits into a business vehicle claim in Canada: what to record per charge, how to handle home charging, public receipts, and the charger itself.
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CRA mileage allowance vs self-employed deduction
A T2200 employee and a T2125 sole proprietor account for the same driving in different ways. The two systems side by side, with one worked example.
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Reconstructing a mileage log after missing months
Honest guidance when the log has gaps: what evidence helps, what the CRA accepts and does not, and why prevention is cheaper than reconstruction.
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CRA mileage logbook requirements
The full logbook, the simplified three-month sample, the 10-point rule with its formula, what each trip record needs, and how long to keep it.
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CRA automobile allowance rates 2026: 73¢ and 67¢
The per-kilometre rates the CRA treats as reasonable for 2024, 2025 and 2026, what the two tiers mean, who they apply to, and a worked example for 6,200 km.
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