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Free Printable Tax Logs

Three one-page logs for the records the IRS expects you to keep: business mileage, daily tips, and self-employed income and expenses. Each PDF prints on US Letter paper in black and white. Page 1 is the sheet (print as many as you need); page 2 explains what to write and why, with the IRS publication it comes from. No sign-up, no email.

Mileage log

Printable mileage log with columns for date, destination, business purpose, odometer start and end, business miles, and parking and tolls

25 trips per sheet, with the items IRS Publication 463 lists for a car-expense record: date, destination, business purpose, and miles. Space for start and end of year odometer readings and the 2026 rates.

Download the mileage log (PDF)

Daily tip log

Printable daily tip log for one month with columns for cash tips, card tips, tips from others, tips paid out, names, and tips kept

One month per sheet: cash, card, and shared tips, tips paid out and to whom (as IRS Publication 531 asks), tips kept, noncash tips, and a box for the monthly report to your employer.

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Income & expense log

Printable income and expense log with a code column and a key of 2026 Schedule C line numbers

25 entries per sheet for freelancers and side businesses. Give each row the Schedule C line it belongs on (the key is on the sheet), so year-end totals go straight onto the form.

Download the income & expense log (PDF)

What each log is for

Mileage: the date of each trip matters in 2026

If you take the standard mileage deduction, you need a record of each business trip: Publication 463 (chapter 5) names the date, your business destination, the business purpose, and the miles. A log kept weekly counts as made at or near the time. In 2026 the IRS business rate is 72.5 cents a mile through June 30 and 76 cents a mile from July 1 (IR-2025-128, IR-2026-29), so the date column also decides which rate applies. The mileage deduction calculator adds up both periods and estimates the tax it saves.

Tips: report by the 10th, and keep the record

Publication 531 says tipped employees must keep a daily record of the tips they receive and pay out, and report tips of $20 or more in a month (per job) to their employer by the 10th of the next month. Reported tips end up on your W-2, and that matters more now: for 2025 through 2028, you may be able to deduct up to $25,000 of qualified tips on Schedule 1-A, which starts from the tips shown on a W-2, 1099, or Form 4137.

Income and expenses: books that match Schedule C

Publication 583 says your books must show your gross income and your deductions, backed by receipts, invoices, deposit slips, and statements. Coding each row with its Schedule C line means the year-end job is adding up each code. The same totals drive your quarterly estimated tax; the quarterly estimated tax calculator shows what to pay by each due date, and the self-employment tax calculator shows the Social Security and Medicare part.

Rather keep it in a spreadsheet?

The Freelancer Tax Tracker for Excel does the income and expense log, Schedule C totals, and quarterly estimated tax in one workbook.

Sources: IRS Publication 463 (2025), Publication 531 (12-2024), Publication 583 (12-2024), Schedule C (Form 1040) 2026, Schedule 1-A (Form 1040) 2025 and the 2025 Form 1040 instructions, IRS news releases IR-2025-128 and IR-2026-29. These sheets help you keep records; they aren't tax advice. They were prepared with the help of an AI assistant and checked against those IRS documents.