Milesheet: Mileage & Expenses

You probably don't deduct by the kilometre. The per-kilometre rate you keep reading about is what an employer may reimburse an employee. 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 takes two things, and most apps give you one. A LOGBOOK PROVES THE PERCENTAGE Date, destination, purpose and distance — for business and personal driving, because the percentage is a ratio. Milesheet records drives automatically, so the number is built from all of your driving rather than the trips you remembered to log. RECEIPTS PROVE THE DOLLARS Scan fuel, insurance, maintenance and registration on the device. Nothing is uploaded. No bank account is connected. THE ARITHMETIC BETWEEN THEM • Canada — actual costs times business use, the way the CRA asks for it • United States — the standard mileage rate and actual…