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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.

  1. Open MileTracker and clear your unclassified stack to zero.
  2. Add purposes to any business trip that's missing one.
  3. Take an odometer photo on December 31.
  4. Export the year's PDF and CSV.
  5. Save both files in a folder with your other tax documents.
  6. Send the PDF to your CPA for a sanity check.
  7. 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.

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