Trip detail
A useful record connects the date, distance, and purpose of a trip.
Mileage guide
Gig driver mileage records: what to track
Mileage records are most useful when they show when work happened, what trips were reviewed, how each trip was classified, and when the driver chose to export a report. GigClaim is designed so these in-app driver records stay on your phone.
Last reviewed: June 15, 2026
Why mileage records matter
Why mileage records matter
Mileage records help drivers reconstruct work activity later. They can support personal review, tax-preparation workflows, and conversations with a qualified tax professional.
Classification
Classifications help separate work driving from commute and personal movement.
Local-first review
A private workflow keeps driver records local until you choose to export.
Work sessions
What to track during work sessions
During a work session, focus on records that will be understandable later. The goal is not to guess at tax treatment; it is to create a clean record that can be reviewed.
- Start and stop time for work tracking
- Trip dates and distances
- Work, commute, personal, or review-needed classification
- Notes that explain the purpose of a trip
- Tracking confidence or manual-entry status
- Exports created only after review
Classifications
Work vs commute vs personal classifications
Gig drivers often move between app work, waiting time, pickups, drop-offs, errands, and personal driving. A mileage record becomes more useful when every trip is reviewed and classified based on what actually happened.
GigClaim supports work, commute, personal, and review-needed workflows so drivers can inspect trips before relying on them. This is recordkeeping support, not a tax decision.
Examples
Examples of records that need review
Delivery pickup to customer drop-off
Keep the date, distance, and any note needed to explain the pickup/drop-off sequence later.
Personal errand during a workday
Separate the personal stop from the work session so the record stays reviewable.
Commute or repositioning question
Mark the trip for review if you are unsure. A review-needed status is better than forcing a final category.
Missed GPS segment
Add a manual record only when you can describe the date, approximate distance, and reason it was missed.
Missed trip handling
Missed trip handling
Manual entry
Add a missed trip when a work drive was not captured.
Review before export
Keep manually entered records reviewable so they can be checked before export.
Missed trip handling should make a gap visible instead of pretending every trip was tracked perfectly. Drivers should review manual records carefully with the same discipline as automatically captured records.
Privacy
Why private/local-first records matter
Mileage records can reveal home-area patterns, work schedules, platforms used, and income activity. GigClaim is built around local-first recordkeeping so mileage, trip, expense, earnings, and tax-planning records stay on the phone.
Website forms, support requests, product update signups, App Store subscription systems, diagnostics, or analytics may be handled separately. The key distinction is that in-app driver records are designed to stay local.
Exports
Export workflow
A practical export workflow starts with local review. Confirm classifications, add missing notes where needed, then export a report only when you choose.
Exports can support your own review or a tax-preparation workflow, but they do not turn GigClaim into tax advice or tax filing software.
- Every trip has a classification or review-needed status
- Manual entries have short factual notes
- Weak GPS or battery interruptions are visible
- Expenses and earnings for the same period are reviewed
- The export date range matches the purpose
- The recipient actually needs the records being shared
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