Milometry日本 · Employer’s own rate
Mileage rates in Japan
Japan has no standard per-kilometre business rate. What the National Tax Agency sets is a monthly tax-free ceiling on commuting allowances, banded by one-way distance — and journeys under 2 km are taxable in full. Business mileage is whatever your employer’s policy pays.
There is no national rate in Japan
What the National Tax Agency sets is a monthly tax free ceiling on commuting allowances, banded by one way distance, and journeys under 2 km are taxable in full. Business mileage is whatever your employer’s policy pays, so that is the figure to enter.
Milometry starts you on￥15A common employer figure, and only a starting point. Change it to your own in Settings, under Mileage scheme.
Where these figures come from
- No.2585 マイカー・自転車通勤者の通勤手当The monthly tax-free ceilings for commuting by car, by distance band.
- 通勤手当の非課税限度額の改正についてThe 2026 change to those ceilings.
Rates move. If yours has and this page has not, the other countries are here.