Overview
The Mileage Tracker in Quicken Business & Personal makes it easy to track your business and personal mileage. Keeping your mileage organized can help you stay prepared for tax time.
How Does It Work?
The Mileage Tracker offers two ways to log your miles:
Trip Details: Log individual trips by entering the starting location, destination, and distance traveled.
Miles Only: Enter the total miles driven in one step, which is useful if you track your mileage elsewhere.
After logging your miles, you can:
View all mileage entries and a running total.
See the total distance driven for business and personal trips.
View mileage totals for each business or your personal trips.
See mileage totals calculated using the current IRS mileage rate.
Filter your mileage by Business or Personal.
Use the Time Period filter to view mileage for a specific date range.
Adding Miles
Whether you're logging individual trips or entering a total number of miles for a specific time period, follow the steps below to add miles to the Mileage Tracker.
Hover over the left panel and click Mileage.
Click + Miles in the upper-right corner.
Select the Trip Details or Miles Only tab, depending on how you want to log your miles, and enter the required information.
Trip Details:
Enter the Date and select the Vehicle.
Enter the Distance.
Optionally, enter a Start location, End location, and Notes.
Turn on the Roundtrip toggle if the trip was a round trip. When enabled, Quicken creates a duplicate trip with the start and end locations swapped.
Select the Business the trip is for, or select Personal.
Select the Purpose.
Miles Only:
Enter the Date and select the Vehicle.
Enter the Distance.
Select the Business the miles are for, or select Personal.
Select the Purpose.
Optionally, enter Notes.
Click Create.
Note: If you have additional trips or mileage to enter, click Create & add another to save the current entry and start a new one.
Editing Miles
If you no longer need a mileage entry, you can easily delete it from the Mileage Tracker.
Hover over the left panel and click Mileage.
Find the entry you want to delete and click it.
Click the red Delete button.
Deleting Miles
If you no longer need a mileage entry, you can easily delete it from the Mileage Tracker.
Hover over the left panel and click Mileage.
Find the entry you want to delete and click it.
Click the red Delete button.
Include Mileage in the Taxes Report
You can view your tracked mileage and include it in the Taxes report directly from the Mileage Tracker.
Access the Taxes Report
Hover over the left panel and click Mileage.
Click the three dots in the upper-right corner.
Select Open Taxes report.
Set Up Mileage for the Taxes Report
To include your tracked mileage in the Taxes report, click the car icon in the upper-right corner, then select the method that applies to your vehicle expenses:
Standard Mileage: Track your business miles and calculate the deduction using the current IRS mileage rate. You can also deduct eligible parking and toll expenses.
Actual Vehicle Expenses: Calculate the deduction based on the business-use portion of your actual vehicle expenses, such as gas, maintenance, and insurance. Only include expenses related to business use.
Once you select a mileage method, your tracked mileage will be included in the Taxes report, making it easier to review your mileage deduction when preparing your taxes.
Note: Including mileage in the Taxes report is currently available only in the web app. This feature is not yet available in the mobile app.
If you're looking for specific steps for the Mobile App, please refer to our article on Using the Mileage Tracker in Quicken Business & Personal on the Mobile App.
If you have any questions about Quicken Simplifi, our support team is here to help.