CashoutFeatures / Mileage
Mileage tracker
Log the miles you drive for work so you have a running record when it's time to file. On Android, Cashout values each trip at the IRS standard mileage rate for its date, and business miles also come off your 1099 profit in the tax estimate.
How it works
- Log miles with a shift: the shift editor has a Mileage field.
- Or add a trip on its own. On Android, open the Shifts tab, switch to Mileage and tap Add Entry. Enter the date, the miles and a purpose.
- For a trip there and back, turn on Round trip and enter the one-way miles. They count twice, and the list marks the trip "round trip, counts twice".
- Miles you log with a shift already include the full round trip, so they're never doubled.
- Your miles and their value show up on the Taxes screen under Mileage & Expenses, and in the year-end Tax Summary Export PDF.
On Android, each trip is valued at the IRS rate for its own date, using a table that runs from 2022 through 2026 and includes the midyear rate changes. In 2026 that means a trip in March and a trip in August are valued at different rates, because the IRS rate changed on July 1. Our mileage calculator lists the 2026 rates.
How mileage affects your tax estimate
That depends on how you're paid.
- W-2 jobs: miles are shown for your records only. They aren't subtracted from your tax estimate.
- 1099 jobs, Android only: since 6.1.0, miles logged on shifts at a job marked as paid on a 1099 are subtracted from your 1099 profit, and so is every trip you log by hand once you have 1099 income. That lowers the self-employment and income tax estimate. Miles logged on W-2 shifts are still shown but not subtracted. See tax estimates.
The default purpose is "Work commute". Driving between home and your regular job is commuting, which isn't deductible for anyone, so change the purpose for trips that are actually for business. The tax estimate doesn't look at the purpose: on Android, if you have 1099 income, every trip you log by hand counts, so don't log your commute as a trip.
Android and iPhone
| Android | iPhone | |
|---|---|---|
| Log trips by hand or with a shift | Yes | Yes, as Mileage Tracker |
| Rate | IRS standard rate for each trip's date | A flat 70 cents a mile in 5.0.0; dated rates are coming to iPhone |
| Round trip doubles one-way miles | Yes, since 6.1.0 | The switch does nothing in 5.0.0; the fix is coming to iPhone |
| Reduces 1099 profit | Yes, since 6.1.0 | No |
If you're on iPhone 5.0.0 and drive a round trip, enter the full distance yourself.
What it doesn't do
- No GPS tracking. You enter miles by hand, so keep track of your odometer or trip distance.
- It doesn't decide which trips are deductible. That depends on why you drove and how you're paid.
- Miles don't lower taxes on W-2 wages or tips in the estimate.
Mileage works with no account and no internet. With an account, your mileage syncs between phones.
