How to Classify Your Trips

When SmartMiles records a trip, it starts as "Unclassified." You need to classify it so it counts toward your mileage deductions or reimbursement.

Trip purposes

SmartMiles supports five trip purposes:

• Business — Trips for work (client visits, errands for your job, driving between work sites). These are deductible at the standard IRS business mileage rate.
• Personal — Commuting, errands, social trips. Not deductible.
• Medical — Trips to and from medical appointments. Deductible at the IRS medical mileage rate.
• Charity — Driving in service of a charitable organization. Deductible at the IRS charity mileage rate.
• Moving — Trips related to a move for work (limited eligibility). Deductible at the IRS medical/moving mileage rate.

Classifying a trip in the app

1. Open the Trips tab.
2. Tap on an unclassified trip.
3. Select a purpose from the list.

You can also swipe on a trip card to quickly classify it without opening the detail view.

Bulk classification

If you have many unclassified trips, you can classify them faster by setting up automatic classification:

• Frequent Trip Rules — Save a route so future trips between the same start and end locations are classified automatically. See How Frequent Trip Rules Work.
• Work Hours — Set your work schedule so trips during those hours are auto-classified as Business. See Setting Up Work Hours.

Changing a classification

You can change a trip's purpose at any time. Open the trip and select a different purpose. The mileage value will update automatically based on the new purpose's rate.

Why classification matters

The IRS requires a contemporaneous log of business miles to claim the mileage deduction. Classifying your trips in SmartMiles creates that log. Unclassified trips are not included in your mileage totals or exports.