Uber and Lyft only report your on-trip miles — but the miles between rides and waiting for your next request are deductible too. At 72.5¢ a mile, those add up fast. Routio logs your entire shift automatically and turns it into an IRS-ready deduction.
The rideshare apps only log miles with a passenger in the car. The IRS lets you deduct far more — if you have the records.
Per business mile, 2026 IRS standard rate — applied to all your working miles, not just on-trip.
Of a rideshare driver's miles are commonly "between rides" — exactly the miles trip reports leave out and Routio captures.
What unlogged deadhead miles save you. A contemporaneous log turns them into real deductions.
Go online and Routio detects and records your driving in the background — passenger trips, the drive to a hotspot, and the miles between requests. The full deductible picture, not just on-trip.
Swipe to separate your driving shifts from personal trips. Routio learns your patterns and sorts most drives for you, so your deductible miles stay clean.
One tap at year end builds a Schedule C mileage summary with PDF & CSV exports — the deduction figure for your return, backed by a complete log.
Generally, all the miles you drive while working as a rideshare contractor — including between trips and while waiting for requests — can be deductible business miles, not just the on-trip miles Uber/Lyft report. You need a log to support them, which Routio keeps automatically. (General information, not tax advice.)
Most rideshare drivers use the standard mileage rate (72.5¢/mile for 2026) because it's simpler and often larger. Routio is built around the standard mileage method and gives you the total to claim. A tax professional can confirm what's best for you.
Yes. Routio tracks your driving regardless of which app you're on, so if you run Uber and Lyft together, every working mile is still captured in one place.
Routio uses iOS's efficient motion and location services designed for all-day background use, so it's built to be light on battery across a full shift.
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