15,000 miles per year
Using our assumptions of 18,000 business miles per year, that business person would average about 75 miles of local driving per business day, so they could do their business runs with a margin of safety, and the business might also invest in a quick-charger for unusually busy days. Two numbers make it apparent that 100K is no big thing anymore: The average car on the road is about 11 years old, and the average car is driven about 15,000 miles per year. Multiply those figures together and you’ve got a fairly average car with something like 165,000 miles on it. The 2015 mileage rate reflects an increase of 1.5 cents per mile for the business mileage rate, over 2014. These mileage rates apply for miles driven starting January 1, 2015. For miles driven during the 2014 calendar year, you must use the 2014 mileage rates. Reimbursed at the new 55 1/2 cents per mile Standard Mileage Rate, that's $9,990 per year of tax write-off if you are the business owner, or $9,990/year in reimbursement to you if you are the employee. To drive a Toyota Prius 18,000 miles per year would only use about 360 gallons of gasoline. The 2015 Mileage Rate is 57.5 cents per mile. To figure out your mileage deduction, simply multiply your business miles by the standard mileage rate for the specific year. Example: Ed, a salesperson, drove his car 20,000 miles for business during 2014. To determine his mileage deduction, he simply multiplies his business miles by the applicable standard mileage rate (56 cents per mile in 2014). This gives him a total mileage deduction for the year of $11,200 (56 cents × 20,000 = $11,200). This standard write-off is the Standard Mileage Rate -- which on July 1, 2011 the IRS increased from 51 cents, to a new rate of 55 1/2 cents for every mile driven for business. The Standard Mileage Rate is based upon IRS calculations of what -- on average -- it costs to own and run a vehicle. At today's average residential electric rates that's likely to cost about $2.75 per 100 miles. For 18,000 business miles we're only talking a fuel cost per year of about $500. Subtracted from the $9,990 Standard Mileage Rate, we're starting about $9,500/year ahead of the game before we pay for the Leaf.
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