Can I claim driving miles for taking my parent to the doctor?
Yes — in every country we cover. And most caregivers never claim it because nobody told them how. Calculate yours in 60 seconds.
✓ Yes. Here is exactly how much yours is worth.Every medical trip you take is worth money at tax time. Most caregivers lose it all.
Every government we cover — Canada, the US, the UK, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand — publishes a per-kilometre or per-mile rate for medical-related driving. It is a real deduction, written into the tax code, refreshed every year.
The reason caregivers miss it is simple: nobody tells them. The rate is buried in a tax authority page nobody reads. There is no reminder, no receipt, no email. So thousands of trips quietly happen — and thousands of dollars quietly disappear.
A caregiver who drives to 2 appointments per week — about 30 km round trip each — logs over 3,000 km per year. At the Canadian CRA rate that is $2,160 in deductible medical expenses — before a single prescription is counted.
How much is your medical driving worth?
The official rate in your country
| Country | Rate | Unit | Tax authority | Claim reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇦Canada | $0.72 | per km | CRA medical travel rate | METC Line 33099 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $0.21 | per mile | IRS medical mileage | Schedule A |
| 🇬🇧United Kingdom | £0.45 | per mile | HMRC AMAP rate | HMRC AMAP |
| 🇦🇺Australia | $0.88 | per km | ATO cents per km | Max 5,000 km |
| 🇮🇪Ireland | €0.4348 | per km | Revenue civil service rate | 20% relief on travel cost |
| 🇳🇿New Zealand | $1.04 | per km | IRD 2025–26 rate | IRD mileage rate |
More trips qualify than most caregivers realise
Never lose another medical trip at tax time.
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