Which trips count
Trips you make for the business: sourcing at car boots, charity shops, auctions and wholesalers, taking parcels to the post office, buying packaging. Your commute to a regular workplace usually does not count.
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Mileage allowance calculator
Driving to car boots, charity shops, auctions or the post office? Work out what your business miles are worth as a tax-free expense at your country's official rate.
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You can claim
£540.00
1,200 miles at the official rate
Rate in force
£0.45 a mile
£0.25 a mile after 10,000 miles a year
Since April 6, 2011
Since April 6, 2011
Left at the full rate
8,800 miles
for the rest of this tax year
HMRC simplified expenses for cars and vans: 45p a mile for the first 10,000 business miles in a tax year, 25p after. Use it instead of actual car costs (fuel, insurance, repairs) for that vehicle, not as well as them.
Guide
Claiming mileage as a seller
A flat rate instead of car costs
Most countries let the self-employed claim a flat rate per mile or kilometre instead of working out the business share of fuel, insurance and repairs. It is simpler and often worth more for small cars.
Thresholds and caps
In the UK the rate for cars and vans is 45p a mile for the first 10,000 business miles in a tax year and 25p after that. Australia caps the cents-per-kilometre method at 5,000 km. Enter the miles you have already driven this year so the right rate applies.
Keep a log
- Date of each trip and where you went.
- Why it was for the business.
- The distance, both ways if it was a round trip.
How ProfitClerk works this out for you
- Log business mileage and see what it is worthLog sourcing runs and post office trips in ProfitClerk's mileage log. Each trip is valued at your country's mileage rate or your own, and exports as a CSV.
- Record your business expenses and receiptsTrack eBay seller expenses in ProfitClerk: categories, receipt photos, business-use share, VAT or GST you reclaim, search, missing receipts and a CSV export.
Questions
How much can I claim per mile in the UK?
HMRC's simplified expenses rate for cars and vans is 45p a mile for the first 10,000 business miles in the tax year and 25p a mile after that. Motorcycles have their own rate.
What is the IRS standard mileage rate?
The calculator uses the rate in force today from our country data. For 2026 the IRS set 72.5 cents a mile from 1 January and raised it to 76 cents from 1 July.
Can I claim mileage and fuel?
No. The mileage rate covers fuel, insurance, repairs and wear. Claim one or the other for a vehicle.
Do I need receipts for mileage?
You need a record of each trip: date, destination, purpose and distance. Fuel receipts are not needed when you use the flat rate.
Log trips in seconds, claim every mile
Add trips from your phone in ProfitClerk. It values them at the official rate, switches rate at the right mile, and puts the total on your tax figures.
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