IRS Releases Mileage Rates for 2025

Mileage Rates Increased for 2025

For 2025, the standard mileage rate for business travel will be 70 cents per mile, an increase of .03 cents from the rate effective at the start of the year. The rate for deductible medical or moving expenses (available for active-duty members of the military) will remain unchanged at 21 cents. These new rates become effective January 1, 2025. The IRS provided legal guidance on the new rates in Notice 2025-5.

The revised standard mileage rates apply to deductible transportation expenses paid or incurred for business, medical, or moving expense purposes on or after January 1, 2025, and to mileage allowances that are paid both to an employee on or after January 1, 2025, and for transportation expenses paid or incurred by the employee on or after January 1, 2025.

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