The per-kilometre rate you keep reading about is an employee reimbursement. If you drive for a living, you're self-employed — and you claim actual vehicle costs multiplied by how much of your driving was for work. That needs two things most apps only give you one of.
Canada's 2026 rate in the provinces is 73¢ per kilometre for the first 5,000 km, then 67¢ (77¢ and 71¢ in the territories). It is widely quoted, widely apped, and it is the figure an employer uses to reimburse an employee. Sole proprietors — which is what you are if you drive for a platform — cannot multiply their business kilometres by it.
In the United States the standard mileage rate is real and you may use it — but it is a choice, and for drivers with high fuel, insurance and repair costs the actual-expense method is often worth more. Most apps only ever show you the standard rate.
Date, destination, purpose and distance — for business and personal driving, because the percentage is a ratio. A missed trip doesn't lose one trip; it shifts the number every expense gets multiplied by.
The percentage is worth nothing without the costs it applies to. Mileage apps track kilometres well and receipts badly. We came at this from the receipt side first.
Made by SoSo Family, who also make ReceiptZero. Milesheet puts the same on-device receipt scanning next to a mileage logbook.
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Recording drives and scanning receipts is free and unlimited. Paying removes the watermark from exports, and the annual and lifetime plans turn on automatic detection — which can't be backdated, so upgrading in April won't fill in the drives you already missed.
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