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Accountable plans: how American employers pay mileage tax free
Most US employees cannot deduct a business mile themselves, so the tax free route runs through the employer. What an accountable plan is, the three conditions it has to meet, and what happens to a payment above 76 cents.
Your fleet tracker is not your mileage log
A telematics box knows where the van went and how far. It does not know why, and why is the part a tax authority asks about. What tracker data can prove, what it cannot, and what an employer must tell you about it.
Intelligent speed assistance: the speed limiter in every new European car, and why Britain is next
Since July 2024 every new car sold in the EU has had to know the speed limit and tell you when you pass it. Britain has now said it will follow. What the system does, what it does not, and how to switch it off.
New Zealand's kilometre rates: $1.20 a kilometre, and the 14,000 km that counts private driving too
Inland Revenue's 2025-26 kilometre rates for petrol, diesel, hybrid and electric vehicles, how Tier 1 and Tier 2 work, the 90 day logbook, and how it compares with the UK.
Milometry 1.2.0: Thai, vehicle types, motorbike rates and electric cars
A seventh language and a thirteenth country, a type for every vehicle with the right rate for each, and charging logged beside fill-ups with a tariff book and battery readings.
Thailand's mileage rate: 4 baht a kilometre, and what it is not
The Thai government pays its officials 4 baht a kilometre for a private car and 2 for a motorcycle. Why that is the figure Milometry uses, where it comes from, and why a private employer's payment is a different question.
What an electric mile actually costs in 2026
Home, off-peak and public charging are three different prices. Here is how far apart they are this winter, and how to know which one your car really runs on.
Electric cars in 2026, by the numbers: what the charging log is for
More than one new car in four is now electric, the public network has passed 120,000 chargers, and a kWh costs anything from a few pence to 79p. Here are the figures, and what they mean for keeping a mileage log.
Austria pays 50 cents a kilometre, and it pays for the passengers too
One flat rate for a car up to 30,000 kilometres a year, a 15 cent supplement for each person you carry, and a bicycle rate that went up and came back down within six months.
Belgium's kilometre allowance moves every quarter, and in 2026 it moved every month
From 1 October 2026 the Belgian federal allowance is 0.4452 euro a kilometre. Two systems run side by side, and the date of a journey decides what it is worth.
Canada's automobile allowance rates for 2026: 73 cents and the 5,000 km step
What a reasonable per kilometre allowance is in Canada, the 2026 limits of 73 and 67 cents, why a flat car allowance is taxable, and what the CRA expects in a logbook.
Pay per mile: how the world is starting to tax distance, not fuel
Fuel duty shrinks every time a car goes electric, so governments are moving to charge by the kilometre instead. New Zealand, Iceland and Oregon are already doing it, and the UK is watching.