Having trouble tracking mileage?
I download the Tap2Track app for the iPhone after realizing how sloppy my travel records were. We all know it's important to track our mileage for tax purposes, but most of us don't keep the best records of them.
Tap2Track is from Intuit, the makes of TurboTax and Quicken, and has literally saved me hundreds of dollars already. It's simple to use (just look at the giant "start" button) and because it's GPS based, saves a lot of the time and hassle of more traditional mileage apps that require you to type in every address manually.
You can easily replicate frequently made trips, edit your trips (sometimes the GPS is a little off), and see how much in tax savings you've already generated. When setting a trip, you can even select it as a round trip, so you don't have to go back and reset it as a new trip each direction.
Simple and effective.
Once you have your mileage tracked, you can easily view your monthly mileage history and send all of your information via email in an importable format for your tax consultant or any program that will import from a CSV file (most applications can handle CSV - Excel, Open Office, TurboTax, Quicken, etc.)
I don't usually tout any apps that cost (I like free apps as much as possible), but this is one iPhone app that I use regularly and is well worth every penny ($3.99 was the price last time I looked). I hope some of you can find it useful as well.
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And this is one of the many reasons that I want an iPhone. AT&T needs more towers in my area!
Shana - I hear a lot of people complain about AT&T reception and somehow, I have been too lucky I guess. I've lived in rural towns and big cities with AT&T service and have never experienced problems on a mass scale. I get a dropped call here and there, but no more than I did with other companies or I see my friends on other carriers having. It's weird, because people talk about it so much, but I just haven't had that experience at all.
You might want to check out our CarCheckup system (http://www.carcheckup.com)
We are releasing our business mileage tracker this week. We've been testing it with a few realtors here in Indianapolis and they are loving it.
The CarCheckup system consits of a cell phone sized device that plugs into your car under the dash. Then you upload your trip data from your PC to our servers where it's stored and you can mark your trips as business or personal and note who your client was for that trip.
Best part about it is when tax time comes around, just print out a report and your good to go!
Matt - Oh my I need to download this app stat! Easy works for me :)
Matt, I got an iPhone last month. I'm kicking myself for waiting so long. Thanks for the recommendation. There are so many neat apps one can get lost in the sea of great apps. Thanks again.