Should I add odometer readings?

Why they matter

A mileage log is strongest when the vehicle’s total miles for the year are pinned down, and odometer readings are how that is done: one near the start of the year, one near the end, and the miles the log claims sit inside a provable total. The report prints them in its vehicle table. With one within a week of the period’s first day and one in its last week, a report of all drives also takes the car’s other miles from them: the odometer’s miles less business and commuting.

Adding one

A reading is the number off the dash, and the date it was true:

1. In OdoTax, open Settings → Odometer
2. Pick the vehicle — with only one, OdoTax skips this step
3. Tap Add a reading, or + at the top
4. Enter the Reading and the Date; a note such as “tax-year start” is optional
5. Tap Save

Adding one

A reading is the number off the dash, and the date it was true:

1. In OdoTax, open Settings → Odometer
2. Pick the vehicle — with only one, OdoTax skips this step
3. Tap Add a reading, or + at the top
4. Enter the Reading and the Date; a note such as “tax-year start” is optional
5. Tap Save

Adding one

A reading is the number off the dash, and the date it was true:

1. Sign in at my.odo.tax and open Settings → Odometer
2. Pick the vehicle
3. Click Add reading
4. Enter the reading and the date, and save

Backfilling and mistakes

A January photo of the dash can be entered in August. OdoTax warns when a reading is lower than an earlier one or higher than a later one — odometers don’t run backwards — and still lets you keep it with Save anyway. A vehicle has one reading per day.