United States
Automatic mileage tracking in miles
Odie logs your drives by itself, lets you tag them Work or Personal from the lock screen, and makes a year report in miles with the IRS standard rate. No account, no analytics, nothing on our servers.
IRS standard mileage rates
The IRS sets a rate per mile. For 2026 it set two, one for each half of the year.
| Period | Business | Medical or moving | Charity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1 to Dec 31, 2026 | 76¢ | 23.5¢ | 14¢ |
| Jan 1 to Jun 30, 2026 | 72.5¢ | 20.5¢ | 14¢ |
| 2025 | 70¢ | 21¢ | 14¢ |
Source: Standard mileage rates, irs.gov. See also our IRS mileage rate page.
An honest note about the rate table
Odie was built first for Canada. Its IRS scheme holds the business rate for 2024, 2025 and both halves of 2026, read from irs.gov and checked August 23, 2026; medical, moving and charity rates are not modelled. Each trip is priced at the rate of its date, so a 2026 report lists the January to June miles at 72.5¢ and the July to December miles at 76¢. If your employer reimburses at another figure, Work settings can override the current year’s rate, and the custom scheme takes any rate per mile.
Who the rate is for
W-2 employees cannot deduct mileage. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (s. 70110) made the suspension of unreimbursed employee expenses permanent; the exceptions are Armed Forces reservists, fee-basis state and local officials, qualified performing artists and impairment-related expenses. The rate serves the self-employed, who claim it on Schedule C, and employers that reimburse under an accountable plan. If you are an employee, the number Odie shows is what a reimbursement at the IRS rate would be, not a deduction.
Other rules from Publication 463: the standard rate must be chosen in the first year a car you own is used for business, and a leased car keeps it for the whole lease; parking and tolls are added on top, while gas, maintenance, insurance and depreciation are inside the rate; commuting is never deductible, whatever the distance; keep records generally three years from filing, and car records for each year of the recovery period.
Sources: Notice 2026-10, Announcement 2026-11, Publication 463, checked August 23, 2026.
Standard mileage or actual expenses
For the self-employed on Schedule C, the standard mileage method multiplies business miles by the IRS rate, plus parking and tolls, and that is the deduction, which is why a clean log matters. With the actual expense method you add up what the car cost you (fuel, insurance, repairs, depreciation) and claim the business share, which is the percentage of your miles that were for work. The standard rate has to be picked in the car’s first business year if you own it; a leased car keeps it for the lease. Odie gives you the log either way, records expenses with receipts, and can work out the business-use percentage. Your tax preparer decides which method to use. Employees do not deduct either way; for them the figure is a reimbursement estimate.
What the report contains
- A summary of business and personal miles and the allowance at the rate in force on each trip’s date, with the formula
- A monthly table
- A per-client or per-project table
- Expenses by category, with receipts kept in the app
- The full trip log: date, from, to, client, title, distance (and Work or Personal if you include personal trips)
- Odometer readings at the start and end of the year
Delivered as a PDF and a CSV. A separate export gives every trip as CSV.
Questions
Does Odie track in miles?
Yes. Pick miles in settings and every distance, report and export uses miles. Currency can be set to USD.
Does Odie know about the 2026 split rate?
Yes. The IRS table in the app holds 2024 at 67¢, 2025 at 70¢, Jan to Jun 2026 at 72.5¢, Jul to Dec 2026 at 76¢, from irs.gov, checked August 23, 2026. Each trip is priced at the rate of its date, and the report’s Allowance line shows the miles at each rate.
Can Odie help with the actual expense method?
Partly. Odie records gas, charging, parking, tolls, maintenance and other costs with receipt photos, and it can work out a business-use percentage from your logged driving. Whether that method beats the standard rate is a question for your tax preparer.
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