The standard mileage rate for vehicles driven for business purposes will be 67 cents per mile next year, up 1.5 cents from the year, the Internal Revenue Service said this week.
The IRS noted taxpayers have the option of calculating actual costs of using their vehicles, instead of using the standard rates.
For active-duty members of the Armed Forces, the rate drops 1 cent from this year to 21 cents per mile for medical or moving purposes. The rate for miles driven for serving charitable organizations remains as 14 cents per mile, as set by law.
Notice 2024-08PDF provides the 2024 standard mileage rates, along with the maximum cost used to calculate the allowance for vehicles under a fixed and variable rate (FAVR) plan.
The notices also provides maximum fair market value of employer-provided automobiles for those vehicles made available. personal use in calendar year 2024. Employers may use the fleet-average valuation rule in or the vehicle cents-per-mile valuation rule.
Bob Scott has provided information to the tax and accounting community since 1991, first as technology editor of Accounting Today, and from 1997 through 2009 as editor of its sister publication, Accounting Technology. He is known throughout the industry for his depth of knowledge and for his high journalistic standards. Scott has made frequent appearances as a speaker, moderator and panelist and events serving tax and accounting professionals. He has a strong background in computer journalism as an editor with two former trade publications, Computer+Software News and MIS Week and spent several years with weekly and daily newspapers in Morris County New Jersey prior to that. A graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism, Bob is a native of Madison, Ind