Does Amazon Flex Track Miles? (2026)

No. Amazon Flex does not track miles for tax purposes — and unlike most other gig platforms, it doesn’t even pretend to. The Flex app (internal package name com.amazon.flex.rabbit, which is why drivers call it “Rabbit”) shows you block pay, pickup location, duration, and a route once you’ve checked in. It does not give you a mileage total, an annual mileage summary, or a downloadable log. The 1099-NEC you pull from taxcentral.amazon.com has one number on it: total nonemployee compensation. If you didn’t track your own miles, the IRS treats your deduction as if it doesn’t exist.

Key takeaways

• Amazon Flex shows zero mileage data. No per-block miles on standard logistics blocks, no annual total, no exportable log — a fact stated outright by TripLog’s 2026 Flex update, MileageWise, Shoeboxed, Everlance, and ATBS.
• Your 1099-NEC has one box that matters: Box 1. Amazon issues it under “Amazon.com Services LLC” through Amazon Tax Central. There is no mileage attachment.
• The 2026 IRS standard mileage rate is 72.5¢/mile (Notice 2026-10, issued Dec. 29, 2025, superseding Notice 2025-5). For a full-time Flex driver, that’s the single largest deduction on Schedule C — by far.
• IRC §274(d) requires contemporaneous records with date, miles, destination, and business purpose. Velez v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2018-46, killed a driver’s entire deduction (plus a 20% penalty) for reconstructing logs from credit-card statements two days before trial.
• You need your own tracker, running every block. That’s the whole reason EveryLastMile exists.

What Amazon Flex actually reports

Amazon Flex officially launched on September 29, 2015 in Seattle. As GeekWire reported that same day, “Amazon Flex launched in Seattle on Tuesday and is now recruiting drivers to handle Prime Now’s one- and two-hour deliveries.” Amazon SVP of worldwide operations Dave Clark told the Wall Street Journal at launch: “There is a tremendous population of people who want to work in an on-demand fashion.” Per Connect CRE (2024), Amazon “operates Flex sites in all 50 states, including seven outposts in Washington.”

Drivers reserve “blocks” — usually 3 to 6 hours — at delivery stations for Amazon.com logistics, Amazon Fresh, Whole Foods Market, or Prime Now, plus shorter “Instant Offers” for grocery deliveries. Block pay is flat, not per-mile or per-package; Amazon’s own launch announcement advertised “$18 to $25 per hour.”

Here’s everything the Flex app and tax portal give you for the year:

• Block offer screen: start time, duration, station location, estimated pay range (sometimes a tip estimate for Whole Foods/Fresh). On Instant Offers in some markets you may see route and estimated mileage before accepting — but not on standard Amazon.com logistics blocks, which are the bulk of Flex work.
• In-block navigation: turn-by-turn routing once you check in. Closes when the block ends.
• Earnings tab: date worked, block pay, tips. No miles.
• Tax Central (taxcentral.amazon.com): the PDF 1099-NEC. Payer name on the form reads “Amazon.com Services LLC.” Box 1 = total nonemployee compensation. That’s it.

MileageWise puts it bluntly: “No, Amazon Flex does not track mileage for drivers. Drivers must track their own mileage for business purposes.” TripLog’s 2026 update agrees: “the official Amazon Flex app (often referred to as the ‘Rabbit’) does not have a built-in mileage tracking method.” Shoeboxed: “The Amazon Flex app does not track the miles that drivers spend on deliveries, and you won’t get your mileage at the end of the year to report on your tax return.”

What’s missing

Compared to DoorDash and Uber — which at least show some on-trip mileage in driver dashboards or annual tax summaries — Flex is a near-complete black hole. None of the following exist.

That last gap is the killer for Flex drivers specifically. Per Ridesharing Driver’s Flex route guide, “A large city with many warehouse locations may only send you up to 30 miles from the warehouse. But cities with remote and rural areas might send you further away” — with documented cases of over 60 miles to begin a route and one example “around 130 miles for this route.” Those miles are 100% deductible business mileage under IRC §162, governed by the IRS commuting rule — and for self-employed Flex contractors with variable stations, the home-to-station leg usually qualifies as a deductible business drive rather than a personal commute. Our Commuting Rule explainer walks through the Rev. Rul. 99-7 safe harbors and the §280A home-office override. Amazon, meanwhile, doesn’t see, store, or report any of those miles.

The dollar size of the gap

Meet Marcus. He drives Flex full-time out of a delivery station 25 miles from his apartment. He runs five 4-hour logistics blocks a week plus an occasional Whole Foods block on Saturday — about 50 weeks a year. Round-trip warehouse drive: 50 miles. Average in-block route: 70 miles. That’s roughly 120 business miles per block × 5 blocks × 50 weeks = 30,000 business miles.

At the 2026 rate of 72.5¢/mile (Notice 2026-10), that’s a $21,750 Schedule C deduction.

Marcus’s federal cash savings, conservatively assuming the 22% bracket and a 15.3% SE tax rate (effectively 14.13% after the 92.35% adjustment for SE tax purposes):

• Federal income tax saved: $21,750 × 22% ≈ $4,785
• SE tax saved: $21,750 × 14.13% ≈ $3,073
• Total cash savings: ~$7,858

If Marcus walks into next April with no log, his deduction is zero, and the IRS computes tax on his full Box 1 number. Same gross income; nearly $8,000 more owed. That’s the gap.

Why it matters — §274(d) is unforgiving

Vehicle expenses are “listed property” under IRC §280F(d)(4) and fall under the strict substantiation rule of IRC §274(d). Treas. Reg. §1.274-5T(c)(2) requires “adequate records” — date, mileage, destination, and business purpose — kept “at or near the time” of the trip. IRS Pub. 463 restates the same standard.

The Tax Court enforces this without sympathy:

• Velez v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2018-46. An Ohio attorney reconstructed 34,136 business miles two days before trial using his iPad calendar and American Express statements. The court disallowed the entire $18,945 deduction and tacked on a 20% accuracy-related penalty under §6662. The opinion: “Neither of the logs satisfies the ‘adequate records’ requirement because petitioner created them several years after the relevant automobile use, and long after he had full present knowledge of each element of each expenditure or use.”
• Garza v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2014-121. A mileage log lacking specific business purpose was disallowed under §274(d).
• Patitz v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2022-99. This one cuts the other way: the court allowed a couple’s unreimbursed vehicle deduction because they kept contemporaneous electronic mileage logs documenting use at the time of travel. Electronic logs work. Reconstructed ones don’t.

The Flex app gives you nothing to reconstruct from. No timestamps after the block closes, no distances, no map history. If the IRS audits you and asks for a mileage log, “I drove out of station DDA9 most days” is not an answer. For the response-letter mechanics on a Form 4564 IDR, see our Mileage Audit Defense Playbook.

The fix — track every block yourself

You need an independent, contemporaneous, on-device mileage log that captures the entire business day — from the second you leave for the station to the second you pull back into your driveway. That means:

• The warehouse drive (deductible business mileage to your first work site, not commuting, because Flex is contract work and the station can vary).
• The full delivery route.
• The drive back to the station with undelivered packages, if any.
• “Block sniping” miles between stations or between block types on multi-block days.
• Returning home.

EveryLastMile, an iOS mileage tracking app, runs in the background on your iPhone using on-device sensor fusion. It starts and stops drives automatically, captures the date, start/end locations, distance, and business purpose for each trip, and exports an IRS-formatted CSV/PDF log in seconds. Every mile in the list above gets recorded the moment your phone moves — whether you’re heading to the station, on-route, sniping the next block, or driving home.

For the full Schedule C picture — SE tax, quarterly estimates, QBI under §199A, and what the new $2,000 1099-NEC threshold under OBBBA §70433 (Public Law 119-21, signed July 4, 2025) means for 2026 earnings — see our Delivery Driver Mileage Tax Guide 2026 and the 2026 IRS Mileage Rate deep dive. For how Flex compares with the other major gig-delivery platforms on this dimension, see Does DoorDash Track Miles?, Does Uber Track Miles?, Does Walmart Spark Track Miles?, and Does Instacart Track Miles?.

Frequently asked questions

Does Amazon Flex show estimated miles before I accept a block?

Not on most standard logistics blocks. Some Instant Offers (Whole Foods/Fresh) display a route distance estimate, but Amazon.com logistics blocks — the bulk of Flex work — show pay, location, and duration only. You don't see the route until you check in at the station.

Will I get a mileage report on my 1099-NEC or in Amazon Tax Central?

No. Amazon Tax Central provides the PDF 1099-NEC. The payer name on the form is Amazon.com Services LLC, and Box 1 is total nonemployee compensation. There is no mileage line, attachment, or downloadable trip log. Note that for 2026 earnings OBBBA §70433 raised the 1099-NEC reporting threshold to $2,000 — but you still owe tax on every dollar of Flex income, with or without a form.

Can I just use Google Maps Timeline as my log?

It's better than nothing, but Timeline alone doesn't meet §274(d) — it lacks business purpose for each trip and is easily editable. Velez v. Commissioner tells you what happens when records aren't kept at the time. Use a tracker built for IRS substantiation and treat Timeline as a backup.

Is my drive from home to the delivery station deductible?

Yes, for self-employed Flex drivers in most cases. The IRS commuting rule disallows trips between home and a regular W-2 workplace, but Flex stations vary block-to-block and you're an independent contractor under IRC §162. The home-office override under §280A makes the deduction even cleaner — see the Commuting Rule explainer linked in this article.