Accounting
IRS ups standard mileage rate for 2025
The optional standard mileage rate for automobiles driven for business will increase 3 cents in 2025, the Internal Revenue Service said Thursday, but the mileage rates for vehicles used for other purposes will stay unchanged from this year.
Optional standard mileage rates are employed to compute the deductible costs of operating vehicles for business, charitable and medical purposes, in addition to
Starting Jan. 1, 2025, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car, van, pickup or panel truck will be:
- 70 cents per mile
driven for business use , up 3 cents from 2024; - 21 cents per mile driven for medical purposes, the same as in 2024;
- 21 cents per mile driven for moving purposes for qualified active-duty members of the Armed Forces, unchanged from last year; and,
- 14 cents per mile driven in service of charitable organizations, equal to the rate in 2024.
The rates apply to fully electric and hybrid automobiles, in addition to gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles.
While the mileage rate for charitable use is set by statute, the mileage rate for business use is based on an annual study of the fixed and variable costs of operating an automobile. The rate for medical and moving purposes, meanwhile, is based on only the variable costs from the annual study.
Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, taxpayers cannot claim a miscellaneous itemized deduction for unreimbursed employee travel expenses. And only taxpayers who are members of the military on active duty may claim a deduction for moving expenses incurred while relocating under orders to a permanent change of station.
Use of the standard mileage rates is optional. Taxpayers can instead choose to calculate the actual costs of using their vehicle.
Taxpayers using the standard mileage rate for a vehicle they own and use for business must opt to use the rate in the first year the automobile is available for business use. Then, in later years, they’re allowed to choose to use the standard mileage rate or actual expenses.
For a leased vehicle, taxpayers using the standard mileage rate must employ that method for the entire lease period, including renewals.
Easing restrictions, sharpening personal attention and clarifying denials are among the aims of
The programs focus on “fast track settlement,” which allows IRS Appeals to mediate disputes between a taxpayer and the IRS while the case is still within the jurisdiction of the examination function, and post-appeals mediation, in which a mediator is introduced to help foster a settlement between Appeals and the taxpayer.
The IRS has been revitalizing existing ADR programs as part of transformation efforts of the agency’s new strategic plan, said Elizabeth Askey, chief of the IRS Independent Office of Appeals.
“By increasing awareness, changing and revitalizing existing programs and piloting new approaches, we hope to make our ADR programs, such as fast-track settlement and post-appeals mediation, more attractive and accessible for all eligible parties,” said Michael Baillif, director of Appeals’ ADR Program Management Office.
Among other improvements, the pilots:
- Align the Large Business and International, Small Business and Self-Employed and Tax Exempt and Government Entities divisions in offering FTS issue by issue. Previously, if a taxpayer had one issue ineligible for FTS, the entire case was ineligible.
- Provide that requests to participate in FTS and PAM will not be denied without the approval of a first-line executive.
- Clarify that taxpayers receive an explanation when requests for FTS or PAM are denied.
Another pilot, Last Chance FTS, is a limited scope SB/SE pilot in which Appeals will call taxpayers or their representatives after a protest is filed in response to a 30-day or equivalent letter to inform taxpayers about the potential application of FTS. This pilot will not impact eligibility for FTS but will simply test the awareness of taxpayers regarding the availability of FTS.
A final pilot removes the limitation that participation in FTS would preclude eligibility for PAM.
The traditional appeals process remains available for all taxpayers.
Inquiries can be addressed to the ADR Program Management Office at
The Internal Revenue Service has updated and added new guidance for taxpayers claiming the Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit and the Residential Clean Energy Property Credit.
The updated
New sections have been added on how long a taxpayer has to claim the tax credits, guidance for condominium and co-op owners, whether taxpayers who did not previously claim the credit can file an amended return to claim it, and a series of questions on qualified manufacturers and product identification numbers. Other material has been added on how to claim the credits, what kind of records a taxpayer has to keep for claiming the credit, and for how long, and whether taxpayers can include financing costs such as interest payments in determining the amount of the credit.
The IRS states that “financing costs such as interest, as well as other miscellaneous costs such as origination fees and the cost of an extended warranty, are not eligible expenditures for purposes of the credit.”
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