HMRC approved mileage rates for 2026/27 — and the log that turns your van miles into a smaller tax bill.
Drive 8,000 business miles in your van this year and the mileage allowance is 8,000 × 55p = £4,400 off your taxable profit — for a basic-rate sole trader that's roughly £1,200+ less tax and NI. Most trades drive more than they think: merchant runs, between jobs, quoting visits, tip runs.
What counts: travel between jobs, to suppliers, to quotes and to temporary sites. What doesn't: ordinary commuting from home to one permanent workplace. The allowance covers fuel, insurance, repairs and depreciation in one rate — you can't claim those separately on top if you use mileage.
The catch is the log. No record, no claim — HMRC wants date, route, purpose and miles for each journey. That's exactly what Tradeyuk's Mileage Log keeps: quick-add for routes you drive often, the right rate applied automatically (including the 10,000-mile tier switch and prior-year rates), and the total feeding straight into your live tax estimate and accountant export.
The Mileage Log is on every Tradeyuk plan, feeding your live tax estimate and accountant export automatically.
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