Mileage tracking
Year-end mileage checklist: 7 things to do before December 31
A short checklist for 1099 contractors to close out the year cleanly with a complete, IRS-ready mileage log.
By MileTracker · March 7, 2026 · 5 min read
Don't wait until April. Spend 30 minutes in late December and your tax return will go faster, cleaner, and yield a bigger deduction.
- Open MileTracker and clear your unclassified stack to zero.
- Add purposes to any business trip that's missing one.
- Take an odometer photo on December 31.
- Export the year's PDF and CSV.
- Save both files in a folder with your other tax documents.
- Send the PDF to your CPA for a sanity check.
- Note any vehicle changes (new car, etc.) for next year.
MileTracker detects every drive in the background, lets you classify business or personal in one tap, and exports an IRS-ready PDF and CSV at tax time. Download MileTracker free on the App Store.