Odometer, trips and business
Readings, trips, gig work · 13 questions
- Log an odometer reading, and give an entry a placePro+ → Trips & odometer → Odometer reading, any time; in the phone app Scan the odometer reads the dash. Every reading, trip, visit and expense can also have a Place: an…
- Log a trip, or record one with GPSPro+ → Trips & odometer → Trip: its purpose, where and why, and its odometer or distance. In the phone app, Record a trip, in the same group, measures the drive with GPS…
- Track drives automaticallyPro + Automatic trackingSettings → Trips → Automatic tracking. OdoWorks notices each drive and records it with the app closed. Sort it as Business or Personal from the notification, or later in…
- How a tracked drive starts and endsPro + Automatic trackingOn the Automatic tracking page: How drives start (Automatic, Automatic + Start a drive, or Manual), your car’s connection, Start on the walk to the car, and how long a…
- Driving now: the drive under wayPro + Automatic trackingA quiet notification shows the drive under way. Opening the app, or tapping it, opens Driving now: the distance, the time, the speed, the car and the purpose for now…
- Sort a drive: Detected drives, Not a drive, Not my carPro + Automatic trackingAfter you park, a notification asks Business or Personal (or to confirm what you picked while driving). The Dash has the newest drive to sort, and Detected drives has…
- A drive’s path, speeds and Fix the startPro + Automatic trackingEach drive keeps its whole path on this phone, with its speeds and the time moving and stopped: on the drive’s page (Route and details) and the trip’s form, with Open…
- Borders and state lines on a drivePro + Automatic trackingA tracked drive that crosses into another country or state saves each crossing with it, as a border crossing, with how far into the drive it was. Each trip keeps its…
- Business mileage and your rateProBusiness, medical and charity trips are worth the IRS standard rate for their date; business trips use your employer’s rate instead if you set one in Settings → Prices.
- Reimbursement reportProA PDF for your employer: Settings → Prices → Business mileage → Reimbursement report (PDF).
- For your taxesProSelf-employed? Stats → Trips compares the IRS’s standard rate with your actual costs, for each car and tax year, and the tax package is a PDF for your tax preparer. Both…
- Bring trips over from MileIQ, Everlance or TripLogProExport your trips there as a CSV, then Settings → Data → Your data → Import a CSV. Trips already in your log are skipped, so importing the same file again adds nothing.
- Gig workProDriving for Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, Instacart or another platform? + → Trips & odometer → Gig pay logs what one paid. Gig work takes the driving cost off, so you see…
Still have a question?The support page covers the rest. In the app, the ? at the top right of each tab and of Settings opens Help with that screen’s answers first.
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