Do you remember getting reimbursed at a rate of 48.5 cents per mile when you used your own car for government business?
If you do remember, your memory is still good. Federal employees got a raise in the reimbursement rate on September 1, 2005. The rate went from 40.5 cents per mile to 48.5 cents. (See GSA Raises Mileage Reimbursement Rates)
But, on January 1, 2006, the rate went back down to 44.5 cents per mile.
In a probable precursor to an increase for federal employees who are using their own cars for government business, the IRS has issued the 2007 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes.
It is back to 48.5 cents–the same as the 48.5 cent rate temporarily imposed during the final months of 2005 when gas prices spiked in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Beginning Jan. 1, 2007, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (including vans, pickups or panel trucks) will be:
- 48.5 cents per mile for business miles driven;
- 20 cents per mile driven for medical or moving purposes; and
- 14 cents per mile driven in service to a charitable organization.
