Ireland Mileage Calculator (Revenue Civil Service Rates)
Enter the year's business kilometres and the vehicle: the calculator applies Revenue's cumulative distance bands, the reduced rates, and the column a fully electric car uses.
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Price an Irish business mileage claim
Pick the tax year, the purpose and the vehicle, then enter the business kilometres for the year. Revenue's four cumulative distance bands are applied in order, and the breakdown shows how many kilometres each band priced.
Country
Tax year
Purpose
Vehicle
Distance
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Rate this calculator applies
- Up to 1,500 km (Band 1): €0.418/km
- 1,501-5,500 km (Band 2): €0.726/km
- 5,501-25,000 km (Band 3): €0.318/km
- 25,001 km and over (Band 4): €0.206/km
Estimated amount
€41.80
2024
Up to 1,500 km (Band 1)
100.00 km × €0.418/km = €41.80
Source: Revenue civil service motor travel rates (from 1 September 2022)
Estimates use the published rate for each period shown. Keep the mileage log that supports the claim.
Short answer
Revenue's civil service rates are cumulative: each of the four distance bands prices only the kilometres inside it, so a 6,000 km year is priced at Band 1 for the first 1,500 km, Band 2 for the next 4,000 km and Band 3 for the last 500 km. The result is the tax-free ceiling an employer may repay for those kilometres, not a tax deduction. For 2022, enter the year in two parts, the kilometres driven before 1 September and those driven after it: the second part carries on from the first, because the whole year's distance counts towards the same bands.
At a glance
- The engine column decides the rate: up to 1,200cc, 1,201-1,500cc, or 1,501cc and over.
- A fully electric car uses the Car 1,201-1,500cc column. A hybrid claims the band matching its petrol or diesel engine's capacity.
- The bands run on the calendar year's business kilometres: 1,500 km, 5,500 km and 25,000 km are where the rate changes.
- Choose 'Reduced rates' for journeys connected with the job but not solely related to it.
How the four bands are applied
- Band 1 prices the first 1,500 km of the year, Band 2 the next 4,000 km, Band 3 the kilometres up to 25,000, and Band 4 everything after that.
- The breakdown under the result shows each band's kilometres and rate, so a claim that crosses a boundary can be checked line by line.
- Pick the vehicle that matches the engine capacity on the car's registration: the column decides the rate, not the journey.
What the figure does and does not include
The result is the most an employer can repay tax free for the kilometres entered. Revenue's civil service schedule is a ceiling: an employer may repay a lower schedule or the vouched actual cost instead, and a payment above the schedule becomes taxable pay.
Where the employer repays less or nothing, the employee can claim a deduction for the business share of the car's running costs on Revenue's Car expenses and capital allowances claim form. The civil service rate is not itself the deduction.
Keep the year's kilometres together
The band a journey falls into depends on how many business kilometres have already been claimed that calendar year, so the record has to show the trips in order and the running total.
Keep the date, destination, business reason and distance for every trip, plus the odometer readings behind them. Revenue requires the records behind a repayment to be kept for six years after the end of the tax year they refer to.
Official references
The motor travel table this calculator applies, including the column a fully electric car uses, the reduced rates, and the motorcycle and bicycle figures.
The tax-free ceiling, the employer's options, and the employee's own claim route.
Common questions
How is Irish mileage calculated when a claim crosses a band?
Each band prices only the kilometres inside it. A 6,000 km year is 1,500 km at the Band 1 rate, 4,000 km at Band 2 and 500 km at Band 3, added together; the breakdown under the result shows those three lines.
Which rate does an electric car use?
Revenue directs fully electric vehicles to the 1,201cc to 1,500cc column, which is why the vehicle list offers a fully electric car. A hybrid claims the band matching its petrol or diesel engine's capacity.
What are the reduced rates for?
Journeys connected with the job but not solely related to the duties: Revenue's examples are attendance at confirmed promotion competitions and at approved courses of education or conferences. The reduced figures are lower than the standard rates for the same engine column.
Is the civil service rate what my employer must pay?
No. It is the tax-free ceiling. An employer can repay at these rates, at any schedule no higher than them, or the vouched actual cost of the travel, and anything above the ceiling is treated as pay.
Can I claim this figure as a tax deduction?
Not as such. Where an employer repays less than the civil service schedule, the employee claims the business share of the car's running costs on Revenue's Car expenses and capital allowances claim form. Revenue states that no further relief is due where the employer already paid at civil service rates.
Related links
Explore official tax authority rate tables, compliance guides, and printable mileage log templates.