Track every mile between clients — walks, drop-ins, vet runs, and pickups. Manage income, expenses, and profit in one app. IRS-compliant mileage logs and Schedule C reports built in. Free 14-day trial.
You drive between clients all day — walks, drop-ins, vet runs, pickups — but without a system, those deductible miles and business expenses disappear at tax time.
Dog walkers, pet sitters and mobile groomers deduct every business mile at 76 cents from July 1, 2026 and 72.5 cents January through June — the drives between clients, the vet runs, the supply pickups. At the current rate a fifty-mile day is $38. The drive from home to your first client is commuting unless you have a qualifying home office, and everything after that counts. It all lands on Schedule C Line 9, and it only holds up with a log kept as you drive.
No app or platform logs your driving between clients. Every walk, every drop-in, every vet run — if you don't record it, it never happened. Most pet pros guess at year-end and lose thousands in deductions.
The IRS requires a contemporaneous mileage log — meaning recorded at the time, not reconstructed in December. A GPS-based tracker with date, location, and purpose for every trip is the gold standard for an audit.
After gas, supplies, insurance, software, and wear on your car — how much did you actually earn this month? Without expense tracking and a P&L, you're guessing. Most pet pros have no idea what their true profit margin is.
TrakMiles Pro replaces your mileage log, expense tracker, revenue spreadsheet, and tax prep software — all on your phone, all working together.
Detects when you start driving and records every trip — to walks, drop-in visits, the vet, and boarding pickups. No buttons, no forgetting. Every mile logged with date, location, distance, and purpose.
Use your own car some days and a second vehicle on others? TrakMiles pairs with each vehicle's Bluetooth and auto-tags every trip to the right vehicle profile. No more "wait, which car was that?" at tax time.
Log income by client, track deposit dates, and see your actual revenue by week, month, or year. Compare performance across periods and know exactly where your income comes from.
Track supplies, grooming tools, insurance, scheduling software, bonding fees, marketing, and every other business expense. Categorized for Schedule C automatically.
See your real profit — income minus all expenses — by week, month, quarter, or year. Know whether you're actually making money or just staying busy.
Maps your mileage and expenses directly to IRS Schedule C line items. Compares standard mileage vs actual expenses to ensure you always claim the larger deduction. Export to PDF or CSV for your accountant.
Running a walking team or a multi-sitter business? Company Mode syncs expenses and shared accounts across team members with combined P&L reporting. Each sitter keeps their own books, the owner sees the full picture.
At the 2026 IRS rate of 76¢ per mile, every untracked trip is money lost forever.
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