01/21/2026
The IRS has issued the 2026 optional cents-per-mile rates used to calculate the tax-deductible costs of operating a vehicle:
Effective Jan. 1, 2026, the standard mileage rate for the business use of a car (including vans, pickups, and panel trucks) is 72.5 cents per mile. (This is up from 70 cents per mile for 2025).
The 2026 rate for medical or eligible moving purposes is 20.5 cents per mile. (For 2025, the rate was 21 cents per mile.)
For charitable driving, the 2026, the rate is 14 cents per mile (unchanged from 2025).
Note that these rates apply to electric and hybrid-electric automobiles as well as gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles.
