TrueMile: Miles & Expenses

TrueMile is the odometer for your taxes. Your write-offs for the year, miles and expenses together, roll up on one odometer on the first screen. At tax time the business ones are already sorted by Schedule C line, the tax form self-employed people file.

No GPS, ever. TrueMile never asks for your location, so nothing is logged automatically: type a trip's miles, or snap the odometer at the start and end. The photos stay with the trip as your record.

No subscription: TrueMile is free to start, and Pro is a one-time purchase.

Free covers 1 vehicle, 30 trips and 30 expenses a month, and shows every total on screen. TrueMile Pro is paid once and never renews: it lifts those limits and saves the tax-time report as a PDF and a spreadsheet for your tax preparer.

Expenses in plain words. Pick what an expense was for, like Phone & Wi-Fi or Meals with clients, and TrueMile shows the Schedule C line it lands on as you pick. Set a business-use percent for things you use partly for work, and business meals count at 50%. Add a photo of the receipt and type the total. The photo stays with the expense.

Every trip is priced at the IRS standard mileage rate for its date, and each vehicle keeps its own fuel and service log and cost per mile. If you like, log commission checks and client payments and see your profit after write-offs.

At tax time, one report holds it all: totals by Schedule C line, your miles and the rate used, every expense and every business trip, as a PDF or a spreadsheet.

Your data stays in your account. TrueMile is a record-keeping tool, not an accountant: its totals are estimates, not tax or legal advice. For tax or legal advice, talk to a licensed tax professional.