Turns out these guys started last September and now have 10 videos on YouTube reviewing different apps and services such as Vine, Dropbox, and Open Home Pro. There’s also a real estate flavor running through these, so while I can’t find a website for these guys, I’m guessing they’re realtors or somehow in the real estate business. And since MileBug is a great tool for realtors and real estate agents (is there a difference?), then of course it was a perfect choice for their latest video review.

Check it out:

http://youtu.be/T0JD-QeS2Yg

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There is also a custom page for MileBug at www.GreatApps.com/milebug that has a full description and links to all versions (iOS, Android, and Windows Phones). And this custom page will actually be around for the next YEAR. That’s right. A year.

While this would extra cool if this was all free, it’s still an honor. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) charges, too. Bet you didn’t know that. Yep, over $400/year.

You see, Great Apps contacted me (yes, of course, as do all good sales people), but GreatApps doesn’t just take any old app who’s owner is willing to pay them. Otherwise they couldn’t exactly call themselves, “Great Apps”, now could they? I actually ignored their emails and calls for a few weeks because I truly do get contacted by many, many outfits claiming to do this or that and generating so many downloads, etc. etc. Finally on one call they said they wanted to feature MileBug on their homepage, and I guess my ego finally got stroked enough that I chose to listen.

I grilled him for an hour.

And, yes, I paid to be in GreatApps.com, but I’m looking forward to everything they’re going to be doing for MileBug over the next 12 months. So check it out and pass it along!

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However, the mileage reports were nice and easy once again thanks to MileBug. So how did everyone do? Nice big mileage deductions? Personally, I used MileBug to track more than a couple thousand miles between my two businesses for 2012, which at 55.5 cents/mile produced a sizable mileage tax deduction! It’s amazing how the trip miles add up. And I had some nice reports that I simply emailed to my accountant.

If you missed out for 2012, you can track miles for 2013 with MileBug for iOS, Android, and Windows Phones. Then next year you can see how your trip miles helped with a cool tax deduction!

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You can:

1) Stay on the Map View and watch your trip being tracked
2) Open another app, and MileBug continues tracking your trip in the background!
3) Save the trip and see it in red (indicating incomplete) while your trip continues to be tracked

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MileBug is a great mileage tracker for business deductible miles. Track miles by odometer readings and/or GPS. Trip miles are automatically converted to tax deductions and made available in reports fit for Word/Pages (html) and Excel/Numbers (CSV).

Get MileBug for iPad in the Apple App Store!

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Transportation

You can include in medical expenses amounts paid for transportation primarily for, and essential to, medical care.

You can include:

• Bus, taxi, train, or plane fares or ambulance service,
• Transportation expenses of a parent who must go with a child who needs medical care,
• Transportation expenses of a nurse or other person who can give injections, medications, or other treatment required by a patient who is traveling to get medical care and is unable to travel alone, and
• Transportation expenses for regular visits to see a mentally ill dependent, if these visits are recommended as a part of treatment.

 

Car expenses.   You can include out-of-pocket expenses, such as the cost of gas and oil, when you use a car for medical reasons. You cannot include depreciation, insurance, general repair, or maintenance expenses.If you do not want to use your actual expenses for 2012, you can use the standard medical mileage rate of 23 cents a mile. [Comment - Remember this is referring to 2012 rates. The 2013 rate is now 24 cents/mile.]

You can also include parking fees and tolls. You can add these fees and tolls to your medical expenses whether you use actual expenses or the standard mileage rate.

Example.In 2012, Bill Jones drove 2,800 miles for medical reasons. He spent $500 for gas, $30 for oil, and $100 for tolls and parking. He wants to figure the amount he can include in medical expenses both ways to see which gives him the greater deduction.

He figures the actual expenses first. He adds the $500 for gas, the $30 for oil, and the $100 for tolls and parking for a total of $630.

He then figures the standard mileage amount. He multiplies 2,800 miles by 23 cents a mile for a total of $644. He then adds the $100 tolls and parking for a total of $744.

Bill includes the $744 of car expenses with his other medical expenses for the year because the $744 is more than the $630 he figured using actual expenses.

Transportation expenses you cannot include.    You cannot include in medical expenses the cost of transportation in the following situations.

• Going to and from work, even if your condition requires an unusual means of transportation.
• Travel for purely personal reasons to another city for an operation or other medical care.
• Travel that is merely for the general improvement of one’s health.
• The costs of operating a specially equipped car for other than medical reasons.

 

Trips

You can include in medical expenses amounts you pay for transportation to another city if the trip is primarily for, and essential to, receiving medical services. You may be able to include up to $50 for each night for each person. You can include lodging for a person traveling with the person receiving the medical care. For example, if a parent is traveling with a sick child, up to $100 per night can be included as a medical expense for lodging. Meals are not included. See Lodging , earlier.

You cannot include in medical expenses a trip or vacation taken merely for a change in environment, improvement of morale, or general improvement of health, even if the trip is made on the advice of a doctor. However, see Medical Conferences , earlier.

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The IRS tax rate for 2011 was actually increased mid-year from $.51/mile to $.555/mile for an average rate of $.5325/mile. Multiply that by 3.6 billion miles, and that’s $1,917,000,000 ($1.917 Billion) in tax deductions. Business trip miles really add up!

If you were one of the many realtors using the mile tracker app, MileBug, on your iPhone, Android, or Windows Phone, then you had some nice reports to use when doing your taxes, and you got part of that multi-billion dollar chunk. If not, then why not get your chunk in 2013? Download it now for only $2.99:

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To verify the new rates are, in fact, being used, simply open the Presets tab and tap on Types/Rates. From there you can tap on Business, Charity, and Medical and see the new entry for 2013 with the respective new rate. If you need a different rate, simply tap the rate for 2013 and you will be able to edit it to provide the rate you’re actually using.

Happy New Year Everyone!

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Business:            56.5 cents/mile
Charity:               14 cents/mile
Medical/Moving: 24 cents/mile

The business rate went up 1 cent/mile as did the medical/moving rate, while the charity rate remained the same. For more information, you can refer to the official IRS announcement.

http://www.irs.gov/uac/2013-Standard-Mileage-Rates-Up-1-Cent-per-Mile-for-Business,-Medical-and-Moving

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