IRS issues standard mileage rates for 2024; mileage for Scouting events falls under the 14 cent rate since the Heart of Virginia Council is a charitable organization.

Per the International Revenue Service website, in an article dated December 14th, 2023: “The Internal Revenue Service today issued the 2024 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes.

Beginning on Jan. 1, 2024, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (also vans, pickups or panel trucks) will be:

67 cents per mile driven for business use, up 1.5 cents from 2023.
21 cents per mile driven for medical or moving purposes for qualified active-duty members of the Armed Forces, a decrease of 1 cent from 2023.
14 cents per mile driven in service of charitable organizations; the rate is set by statute and remains unchanged from 2023.

These rates apply to electric and hybrid-electric automobiles as well as gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles.”