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Talked to my accountant yesterday and she made me feel dumb about mileage tracking
I told her I just use a notebook to log my drives for client meetings and she said I'm probably missing 30% of my deductions. She showed me one of those apps that tracks every trip automatically and it tracks way more than I thought. Anyone have luck with those or do they drain your phone battery too fast?
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kelly.margaret2mo ago
I switched to MileIQ two years ago after my accountant gave me the same talk. My phone battery takes a hit but it's not terrible if you close other apps during long drives. I was shocked the first month when it showed I had almost double the trips I wrote down. The app catches every little run to the bank or supply shop that I would never remember to log. It paid for itself in extra deductions that first year alone.
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sean482mo ago
Yeah the battery thing is real but honestly I just got a car charger and it solved everything. The sneaky trips are the ones that add up fast. I was leaving out all those quick stops for supplies or the bank and probably missing like 30% of my mileage before I switched over. One thing I learned the hard way is to double check the app once a week and swipe through the trips. Sometimes it logs stuff that's personal and you gotta flag it right or it'll mess up your records come tax time.
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finleym372mo ago
Battery drain is the obvious downside but nobody talks about how MileIQ quietly eats up your data plan if you're not on unlimited. I got hit with overage fees my first month before I realized I could set it to wifi only for classifying trips. Caught that in time?
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margaret5512mo ago
Guess I've been paying my phone bill like a sucker all this time.
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