Mileage rates in 15 countries

Checked on 23 September 2026

Per country: what a business kilometre is worth, where the threshold lies, what happens to commuting, when the tax year runs and who decides.

The app picks your country when you set it up: from your location if you allow it, otherwise from your iPhone's region. It never changes per trip, because driving across a border does not change the country you are taxed in. Units and currency follow the country: miles and pounds or dollars in the United Kingdom and the United States, kilometres and the local currency everywhere else.

Rates with a threshold are applied per tax year, and a trip that crosses the threshold is split over both rates. Where the tax year does not follow the calendar, the year report follows the tax year. In every country you can also switch on Custom rate, for example for what your employer pays; the report then says so.

Netherlands

The tax-free allowance is € 0.25 per kilometre from 2026 (€ 0.23 in 2024 and 2025), with no threshold or cap. Commuting counts the same as a business trip in the Netherlands, so the same rate applies. The tax year is the calendar year and the authority is the Belastingdienst.

Belgium

The flat-rate allowance for professional travel is € 0.4452 per kilometre for the fourth quarter of 2026, re-indexed every quarter, with no threshold. Commuting is treated separately from professional travel. The tax year is the calendar year and the authority is the FOD Financiën (SPF Finances).

Luxembourg

Business kilometres count at € 0.30 per kilometre, with no threshold. Commuting is left out: it is covered by the flat-rate travel deduction (frais de déplacement). The tax year is the calendar year and the authority is the Administration des contributions directes (ACD).

Germany

A business trip in your own car counts at € 0.30 per kilometre actually driven, with no threshold. Commuting is separate: the Entfernungspauschale of € 0.38 per kilometre of the one-way distance, from the first kilometre since 2026. The tax year is the calendar year and the authority is your Finanzamt.

Austria

The amtliches Kilometergeld is € 0.50 per kilometre since 2025 (€ 0.42 before), tax free up to 30,000 kilometres a year. Commuting is not paid per kilometre but through the Pendlerpauschale, a lump sum per year. The tax year is the calendar year and the authority is the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF).

France

France uses the barème kilométrique, which depends on the car's fiscal horsepower and on your yearly total, in bands up to 5,000 km, up to 20,000 km and above. That is why the app works out France per year, not per trip. Commuting follows the 40 km rule: the one-way distance counts up to 40 km unless you can justify more. The tax year is the calendar year and the authority is the DGFiP (impots.gouv.fr).

United Kingdom

HMRC's approved mileage allowance (AMAP) is 55p per mile for the first 10,000 business miles in a tax year and 25p after that, from 6 April 2026 (45p before). Ordinary commuting cannot be claimed. The tax year runs from 6 April to 5 April, and the year report follows it. The authority is HMRC.

Denmark

The tax-free rate is 3.94 kr per kilometre for the first 20,000 business kilometres a year and 2.28 kr after that (2026). Commuting is not a business trip: it gives the befordringsfradrag, which is worked out per day, not per trip. The tax year is the calendar year and the authority is Skattestyrelsen.

Sweden

The tax-free mileage allowance is 25 kr per mil, which is 2.50 kr per kilometre, with no threshold. Commuting is only deductible as reseavdrag, above a fixed amount per year. The tax year is the calendar year and the authority is Skatteverket.

Norway

3.50 kr per kilometre is tax free, with no threshold. The state rate is 5.30 kr, and whatever is paid above 3.50 kr is taxable. Commuting gives reisefradrag above a threshold per year. The tax year is the calendar year and the authority is Skatteetaten.

Finland

The tax-free kilometrikorvaus is € 0.55 per kilometre in 2026 (€ 0.59 in 2025), with no threshold. Commuting costs are deductible above an own-risk amount per year. The tax year is the calendar year and the authority is Verohallinto (the Finnish Tax Administration).

United States

The IRS standard mileage rate is 76¢ per mile from 1 July 2026 (72.5¢ from January to June 2026, 70¢ in 2025), with no threshold. Commuting is personal and not deductible. The tax year is the calendar year and the authority is the IRS.

Canada

The CRA's reasonable allowance is $0.73 per kilometre for the first 5,000 business kilometres a year and $0.67 after that (2026), 4¢ more in the territories. Driving between home and work is personal. The tax year is the calendar year and the authority is the CRA.

Australia

The ATO's cents per kilometre rate is 91¢ for 2026-27 (88¢ before), for at most 5,000 business kilometres per car a year. Private travel, normal commuting included, does not count. The tax year runs from 1 July to 30 June and the authority is the ATO.

New Zealand

IRD's kilometre rates for a petrol car: $1.20 per kilometre (tier 1) until the car has done 14,000 kilometres in the year, private use included, then $0.37 (tier 2). Commuting is private. The tax year runs from 1 April to 31 March and the authority is Inland Revenue (IRD).

Any other country

Everywhere else you enter your own rate per kilometre, in your local currency, for example what your employer pays. There is no threshold, commuting is not reimbursed in the calculation, and the tax year is the calendar year. Check with your own tax authority what you may claim.