What method do you use for tracking miles daily?

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I was curious which method you go about using to track your miles for tax purposes

Account Closed · Answer

I use two different apps on my iPhone.  MileIQ is cool but costs $59.99/year and works great with a website login to manage miles.  My favorite is using the Intuit Self Employed App because it automatically tracks miles as part of the monthly price and updates your expense tracking.  Works great and will import right into tax return when you file taxes.  Those are the two I use and I think I will stop using MileIQ since I don't need to pay for two programs that do roughly the same thing.

William Huston · Answer

Another option i would love to figure out how to export correctly is Google Maps Timeline, its extremely accurate.. i was comparing the data to my week of trying out MileIQ and it said i drove 22.6miles less in MileIQ for the week letting it log all my trips automatic compared to google timeline and google timeline is already running in the background if you have google maps activated with your gps setting turned on.. so it would be one less app to worry about draining battery on my phone.. gonna have to look into this more and see how hard it is to export the timeline to an actual spreadsheet...

Patrick Britton · Answer

MILEIQ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

easily the best way of managing miles ever.  yeah, it costs $5 a month...bid deal!  I've tried nearly a half dozen other systems and MileIQ has made me BACK thousands of dollars.

I have not tried TAxBot but that sounds pretty cool too.  But i'm so happy with MileIQ i might not do anything.

Joshua Velte · Answer

I use TaxBot. Its $10/month and auto-tracks your mileage like Mile IQ, which I've tried also. It also tracks your expenses and income, either by snapping a picture of a receipt or by linking your bank information/credit cards and importing the data. It puts all of this information into a nice report for tax time as well. LOVE that app!

Polar Prutaseranee · Answer

I just downloaded Stride Drive a few days ago and it's been working out great for me. Some of the other apps will automatically detect your driving, but since most of my driving isn't real estate related, I like the option of turning it on and off when I choose. Currently only available for iOS they are working on an Android release, I believe. Free, too!

Brett Synicky · Answer

mile iq

William Huston · Answer

Has anyone tried Handlr? was checking it out, seems completely free from what i can tell... does automatic logging of miles once you set it up to sync to a google drive, i have no experience with it yet, but i did see an option to type in an MLS number to log miles under specific properties..

JD Martin · Answer

Once a week I log my miles in an Excel spreadsheet, which keeps a running tally per property.

George P. · Answer

I estimate my yearly miles. Probably not the right thing to do but I'll never remember to record them hourly..

What method do you use for tracking miles daily?

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