MilometryMileage rates by country
What each tax authority pays per mile or kilometre, what it paid before, and how a claim is worked out. Every figure is taken from the authority that publishes it, and linked.
Checked against the source on 27 September 2026.
General information, not advice. Written as general information and correct as far as we know on 27 September 2026. Tax rules change, and how they apply depends on your own circumstances. This is not tax, legal or financial advice: check with an accountant, a tax adviser or HMRC before you rely on it.
- United Kingdom55p per business mile, banded to 25p past 10,000
- Irelandthe civil service motor travel rates, by engine size and distance
- United States76 cents per business mile, with no threshold
- Canada73 cents per business kilometre, then 67 cents past 5,000
- Australia91 cents per business kilometre, capped at 5,000
- New Zealand$1.20 per business kilometre, then 37 cents past 14,000
- Deutschland30 cents per business kilometre, from the first one
- Österreich50 cents per business kilometre, capped at 30,000 km
- België0.4452 euro per business kilometre for 1 October to 31 December 2026, reindexed quarterly
- España26 cents per business kilometre, tax free
- Nederland25 cents per business kilometre, untaxed
- Francethe barème kilométrique, by fiscal horsepower and distance
- 日本whatever rate your employer sets, as there is no national one
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