IRS Mileage Rate Lowered for 2010

The Internal Revenue Service has issued the standard-mileage-reimbursement rate for 2010. The standard-mile rate for business miles driven will be 50 cents per mile in 2010, down from 55 cents per mile in 2009 and from 58.5 cents in the second half of 2008.

Starting January 1, 2010, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (also vans, pickups or panel trucks) will be: 50 cents per mile for business miles driven; 16.5 cents per mile driven for medical or moving purposes; 14 cents per mile driven in service of charitable organizations .