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Log a mileage expense
By the Mylo team · Last updated June 30, 2026
A mileage expense is a trip: you record the distance, Mylo computes the amount.
- Open Mileage from the sidebar, or tap the + create button and choose Mileage log.
- Pick a mode: Map, Manual, or Odometer.
- Map: type the Start and Stop (Mylo suggests real addresses, or uses your current location) and add up to ten stops; the driving route and distance fill in automatically.
- Manual: type the distance. Odometer: enter start and end readings, ideally with a dashboard photo of each; Mylo's AI reads the number off the photo.
- Confirm the details: the amount preview (distance × rate), a required category, the date and description (left blank, Mylo writes one for you), and the reimbursable / billable toggles.
- Tap Create. The expense lands as a draft with a mileage log PDF attached: traveler, date, addresses, distance, rate, amount, and the route.
- Review and Submit like any other expense.
Good to know:
- You never type the amount; the server computes distance × rate, and the rate is snapshotted per trip so later rate changes never touch history.
- Owners and admins set the org's rate and unit (mi or km) in Organisation settings; the default mirrors the IRS standard rate ($0.725 per mile).