Mileage Rates by Country and Year

Start with the country whose tax rules cover the claim

The agencies publish different figures in different units: miles for the IRS and HMRC, kilometres for the CRA, ATO, IRD, SARS and Revenue. The table above is grouped that way, and each country's own tools are below.

• US mileage tools
• UK mileage tools
• Canada mileage tools
• Australia mileage tools
• New Zealand mileage tools
• South Africa mileage tools
• Ireland mileage tools

Decide who is paying

An employer reimbursement and a tax deduction are not the same figure: the published rate is what a tax authority accepts, while an employer may reimburse more, less, or per its own policy. The comparison page sets the two side by side.

• Reimbursement vs deduction

Match the purpose and the vehicle

Business miles carry the highest figure, and medical, moving and charity miles carry lower ones; cars, motorcycles, bicycles and fuel types are priced separately in the countries that publish them. The table's “Applies to” column is that choice.

• What mileage reimbursement covers

Use the rate for the year the miles were driven

Rates are published per tax year and a revision applies from its own start date: miles driven in 2026 are priced with the 2026 figures even when the claim is filed later. The history page shows how the headline US figure has moved.

• US mileage rate history

Each row is one agency's published figure

The agency in each country section sets the rate and states what it covers: Internal Revenue Service, HM Revenue & Customs, Canada Revenue Agency, Australian Taxation Office, Inland Revenue, South African Revenue Service, Office of the Revenue Commissioners. Every row links its own publication, so a figure can be checked before it is claimed.

Purpose and vehicle decide the amount, not the distance

The same business trip is worth different amounts depending on what it was for and what was driven. For the year in force the IRS publishes 76 cents per mile for business miles and 14 cents per mile for charity miles, while the IRD publishes four rates for petrol, diesel, hybrid and electric vehicles.

Some rates step down or stop at a threshold

HMRC cars and vans rate: 55 pence per mile for the first 10,000 miles, then 25 pence per mile; CRA provinces rate: 73 cents per kilometre for the first 5,000 kilometres, then 67 cents per kilometre; IRD petrol rate: 120 cents per kilometre for the first 14,000 kilometres, then 37 cents per kilometre; ATO cars rate: 91 cents per kilometre up to 5,000 kilometres. Where a row carries one figure and no threshold, the rate is flat for the whole year.

Price the miles with the rate

Each country's calculator applies its own published rule, including the thresholds, and shows the source behind the figure.

• Mileage reimbursement calculator by country
• US mileage calculator
• UK mileage calculator
• Canada mileage calculator
• Australia cents per km calculator
• New Zealand kilometre rate calculator
• South Africa rate per km calculator
• Ireland mileage calculator

Keep the record the claim needs

A rate is only claimable against a log that shows dates, routes, purposes and distances.

• Mileage log templates
• Mileage log Excel template
• Printable mileage log PDF

Follow the years that are not published yet

The agencies announce the next year's figure before it applies; until then these pages track the status and name the rate still in force.

• IRS mileage rate 2027
• HMRC mileage rates 2027-28
• CRA mileage rate 2027
• ATO rate 2027-28
• IRD km rate 2026-27