Notes on mileage logs, CRA and IRS rules, vehicle expenses and trip detection.https://odielog.com/en-cahttps://odielog.com/blog/leaving-mileiq/https://odielog.com/blog/leaving-mileiq/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.Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://odielog.com/blog/odometer-readings-and-year-bounds/https://odielog.com/blog/odometer-readings-and-year-bounds/Why the CRA asks for start and end of year odometer readings, how two readings turn a log into a percentage, and a monthly habit that catches gaps early.Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://odielog.com/blog/what-your-mileage-app-knows-about-you/https://odielog.com/blog/what-your-mileage-app-knows-about-you/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.Wed, 29 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://odielog.com/blog/bluetooth-vs-motion-trip-detection/https://odielog.com/blog/bluetooth-vs-motion-trip-detection/The three ways an app knows you are driving, how each one fails, and the honest limits of relying on the car's Bluetooth.Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://odielog.com/blog/irs-standard-mileage-rate-2026/https://odielog.com/blog/irs-standard-mileage-rate-2026/72.5 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.Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://odielog.com/blog/ev-charging-as-a-vehicle-expense/https://odielog.com/blog/ev-charging-as-a-vehicle-expense/Where electricity fits among vehicle costs, what to record for each charge, the home-charging attribution problem, and what public-network receipts give you.Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://odielog.com/blog/employee-allowance-vs-self-employed-deduction/https://odielog.com/blog/employee-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.Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://odielog.com/blog/reconstructing-a-mileage-log/https://odielog.com/blog/reconstructing-a-mileage-log/Honest guidance when the log has gaps: what evidence helps, what the CRA accepts and does not, and why prevention is cheaper than reconstruction.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://odielog.com/blog/cra-logbook-requirements/https://odielog.com/blog/cra-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.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://odielog.com/blog/cra-automobile-allowance-rates-2026/https://odielog.com/blog/cra-automobile-allowance-rates-2026/The per-kilometre rates the CRA treats as reasonable for 2024, 2025 and 2026, what the two tiers mean, and a worked example for 6,200 km.Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT