Get reimbursed for utilizing your privately owned car on official journey

If you utilize your privately owned vehicle, bike, or airplane for official authorities journey, your company reimburses you in keeping with eCFR Chapter 301 Subpart D—Privately Owned Vehicle. Below, we share the present and historic POV charges and clarify how they work. 

Current mileage charges efficient July 1, 2026

These charges apply to official journey on or after July 1, 2026.

If you utilize your private…	And this is applicable if…	Your company pays…
Automobile	An vehicle was approved, or no government-owned vehicle was approved or obtainable	$0.76 per mile
Automobile	A government-owned vehicle was approved and obtainable, however you selected to drive your personal vehicle	$0.235 per mile
Motorcycle	–	$0.74 per mile
Airplane*	–	$1.935 per mile
Automobile – for work-related transfer	Moving for the job or relocation	$0.235 per mile

* Convert airplane nautical miles into statute miles, or common miles when submitting a voucher utilizing the components: 1 NM equals 1.15077945 SMs.

For calculating the mileage distinction between airports, please go to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Inter-Airport Distance website.

How to make use of these charges

1. Check which state of affairs applies to you. The fee your company pays is determined by whether or not a authorities car was approved and obtainable and which kind of auto you used.
2. Track your miles. Keep a report of the miles you drive for official journey.
3. Multiply your miles by the speed. For instance, 100 miles in your personal vehicle at $0.76 per mile = $76.00.
4. Submit your declare by means of your company’s journey reimbursement course of.

Before you journey

Check together with your company’s journey workplace earlier than utilizing a privately owned car for official journey. Your reimbursement could depend upon whether or not your company approved or permitted your POV for the journey. 

Find a previous mileage fee

Looking for a fee from a previous journey? Use the desk under to search out the speed that was in impact when your journey started. If your journey occurred beneath the newest charges, return to the present POV mileage reimbursement charges.

Find the row that matches the date your journey started, then learn throughout to your car kind. All charges are per mile. 

Effective date	Automobile	Automobile – government-owned vehicle approved and obtainable	Motorcycle	Airplane
Jan. 1, 2026	$0.725	$0.205	$0.705	$1.78
Jan. 1, 2025	$0.70	$0.21	$0.68	$1.75
Jan. 1, 2024	$0.67	$0.21	$0.65	$1.76
Jan. 1, 2023	$0.655	$0.22	$0.635	$1.74
July 1, 2022	$0.625	$0.22	$0.605	$1.81
Jan. 1, 2022	$0.585	$0.18	$0.565	$1.515
Jan. 1, 2021	$0.56	$0.16	$0.54	$1.26
Jan. 1, 2020	$0.575	$0.17	$0.545	$1.27
Jan. 1, 2019	$0.58	$0.20	$0.55	$1.26
Jan. 1, 2018	$0.545	$0.18	$0.515	$1.21
Jan. 1, 2017	$0.535	$0.17	$0.505	$1.15

How to learn the desk

• Automobile: Use this fee when your company approved your private vehicle, or no government-owned vehicle was approved and obtainable.
• Automobile – government-owned vehicle approved and obtainable: Use this decrease fee if a authorities vehicle was approved and obtainable however you selected to drive your personal.
• Each fee stayed in impact till the subsequent date listed. For instance, the January 1, 2025 charges utilized by means of December 31, 2025.

Questions

Submit your journey coverage questions or for questions on your particular declare, contact your company’s journey workplace.