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Solo for Amazon Flex drivers: mileage, earnings and taxes

Link your accounts and Solo logs every mile you drive by GPS, tracks your block earnings alongside every other app you work, and projects and files your federal and state taxes.

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What Solo does for Amazon Flex drivers

Solo is the mileage, earnings, and tax app for Amazon Flex drivers. Link your accounts and Solo logs every mile you drive by GPS — the drive to the station, every stop on your route, and the drive home — tracks your block earnings alongside every other app you work, and projects and files your federal and state taxes.

Mileage, classified automatically

Solo matches each completed DoorDash job to the drive it already logged and files those miles as business. No start button.

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Track every app in one app

DoorDash next to Uber Eats next to Instacart, so one screen shows what your week actually paid and what gets deducted.

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Taxes projected year-round, then filed

You see what you owe in July, and Annual Pro and Pro Plus members file federal and state from inside the app.

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Sherpa, answering from your own numbers

Ask whether a 4-hour block is worth the 25-minute drive to the station and get an answer built on your history, not a guess.

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A rate you can lock in

Pay Guarantee fixes an hourly floor before a scheduled shift and pays the gap if you fall short (eligible cities only).

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Real pay data for your city

Average DoorDash hourly across every major metro in the US, from tracked earnings rather than surveys.

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Automatic mileage tracking and classification starts on the Basic plan, $96 a year. For manual mileage tracking, no subscription plan is required. It’s also worth mentioning that the cost of Solo is 100% tax-deductible as a work expense — be sure to classify it as such.

Does Amazon Flex track your miles?

No. Amazon gives you a route, not a mileage report.

Amazon Flex shows you a list of delivery stops and an itinerary to follow. When your block is done, that itinerary disappears. There's no mileage summary in the app, no weekly report, no year-end total. Amazon simply doesn't track your miles.

That makes Flex different from other delivery platforms, where you at least get a partial count. Here, every deductible mile — the drive to the station, the full route, and the drive home — is on you to record.

Why this matters at tax time

Flex drivers put serious miles on their vehicles. The average Flex driver on Solo logs roughly 4,800 miles a month. At the IRS standard rate, that's over $3,600 a month in potential deductions — but only if you have a contemporaneous log with dates, distances, destinations, and business purpose.

A mileage tracker that runs in the background and classifies those miles automatically is the difference between claiming the full deduction and leaving thousands on the table.

One 4-hour blockSat, Sep 13
Reported by Amazon0 mi
Logged by Solo94.3 mi
The full block: 18 mi to the station, 58 mi on route, 18 mi home.
$71.67deducted from one block, with Solo

How Solo tracks your Amazon Flex mileage automatically

Solo logs your drives in the background from station to doorstep to home.

You link your Amazon account once. Solo's GPS logs your trips as you drive — the commute to the delivery station, every stop on the route, and the drive home. When you complete a block, Solo matches those drives to the work period and files the miles as business.

No start button to remember. No manual logging at each stop. No spreadsheet at the end of the month.

That matters for Flex especially, because the routes are long and the drives between them add up. An average block can cover 60+ miles on route alone, and the drive to and from the station is often another 20–40 miles that most drivers forget to count.

Setting it up

  1. 1

    Download Solo and link your DoorDash account.

  2. 2

    Start your 7-day free trial on any plan.

  3. 3

    Turn on mileage tracking and grant location access. Keep the app open in the background.

  4. 4

    Drive. Solo logs your trips, then files the miles around each completed job as business.

Two minutes, and you don't touch it again.

Keeping personal trips out of it

Solo classifies the miles around your Flex blocks as business and leaves the rest alone. The errand you ran before heading to the station stays out of your deduction.

If you'd rather control it yourself, Solo has a manual mode you can switch on any time. Most drivers prefer to have their miles automatically tracked and categorized, but if you want to use manual tracking at any point, it’s only a quick toggle flip away.

Track Amazon Flex earnings alongside every other app

You grab a Flex block in the morning, run DoorDash through the lunch rush, and take an Instacart batch in the afternoon. Three apps, three payout screens, three sets of numbers that never add up to one answer about your week.

Solo links them all: Amazon Flex, DoorDash, Instacart, Uber Eats, Spark, and more. Link your accounts and see your earnings, miles, and expenses tracked in one place. Solo works as an Amazon Flex expense tracker too, so tolls and equipment sit next to the mileage they belong to as part of your tracked expenses.

Know what an hour pays before you commit

Smart Schedule predicts what an hour will earn before you decide to work it. Drivers using it can earn up to 40% more per year on average.

In most major metros, you can also lock the rate in from your Smart Schedule. Pay Guarantee fixes an hourly floor for a scheduled shift: work the hour, and if you earn less than Solo predicted, Solo pays the difference.

Note that the Smart Schedule and Pay Guarantee run in specific metros. You can see if it’s available in your city here: coverage map ↗

Ask Sherpa

Sherpa is Solo's AI assistant, and it answers from your earnings history rather than from the internet.

It runs on Claude and on more than $7.5 billion of real gig earnings across 100+ metro areas in the US, layered against your own numbers. When Sherpa tells you that morning blocks from your usual station average better than afternoon ones, it's reading your history and your market and uses that to give you data-driven recommendations you can count on.

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Amazon Flex taxes: projections and filing

Solo projects your Amazon Flex taxes year-round and files them.

Every classified mile and tracked expense feeds a running estimate: what you owe, what you've set aside, what's left before the next quarterly deadline. You see it in July, not for the first time in April.

Then Solo files. Annual Pro and Pro Plus members file federal and state returns from inside the app or on the web, with income and expenses already filled in from a year of tracking.

Tax projectionyear to date
Gross earnings, all platforms$28,410.00
Mileage deduction · 9,842 mi−$7,479.92
Tracked expenses−$1,236.80
Taxable profit$20,105.40
Set aside so far$3,540.00
Q3 estimated taxesdue Sep 15$1,916

What Amazon Flex drivers can deduct

Mileage is usually the biggest one — and for Flex drivers, it's often enormous because of the long routes and station commutes. After that:

Phone and data plan at your business-use share
Hot bags and delivery equipment
Tolls and parking on deliveries
Roadside assistance
A share of car expenses if you claim actual costs

Solo tracks these automatically as you go, and Sherpa flags what you're missing. Just link your bank account to Solo using Plaid and all of your work expenses will be tracked automatically.

Best mileage tracker apps for Amazon Flex, compared

Most Flex drivers end up choosing between four or five apps, and they solve genuinely different problems.

Solo's key difference is scope. It's the only one here that tracks earnings across every platform you drive for, classifies your miles by matching them to completed jobs, projects your taxes year-round, and files your federal and state return in the app. The others hand you a report to take somewhere else.

Solo compared with Gridwise, Everlance, Stride and MileIQ for Amazon Flex drivers
FeatureSoloSoloGridwiseEverlanceStrideMileIQ
Automatic mileageAuto-classifiedManual start/stop, manual classifyAuto-detect, swipe to classifyManual start/stopAuto-detect, swipe to classify
Multi-app earnings11 platforms
Tax projectionYear-round
Tax filing
Pay GuaranteeCovered metros
AI assistantSherpa
Free tierManual tracking only; auto-classification on all plans. All uncapped tracking.Yes, uncapped tracking30 auto trips/moYes, uncapped40 drives/mo

Competitor details verified September 2026.

Wondering how Flex stacks up? We compared hourly pay across gig apps and the best apps for tracking gig earnings.

Real Amazon Flex pay data in your city

Flex pay isn't one number. Block rates move by market, by time of day, and by season.

Solo publishes average hourly pay for Amazon Flex drivers in 100+ cities, built from real tracked earnings including base pay, surge pricing, the high and low range, and which days actually pay best in that market.

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Frequently asked questions

Does Amazon Flex track mileage for drivers?

No. Amazon Flex shows you a route itinerary with delivery stops, but it doesn't record your mileage or give you any kind of mileage report. When the block ends, the itinerary disappears. Every deductible mile — the drive to the station, the full route, and the drive home — is on you to track separately.

Is there a free Amazon Flex mileage tracker?

Solo's free tier includes manual mileage tracking with no trip limit. Automatic mileage tracking and classification — where Solo logs your drives in the background and matches them to your Flex blocks without you tapping anything — starts on the Basic plan at $8 a month ($96/year). The cost of Solo is 100% tax-deductible as a work expense.

How do I track my Amazon Flex mileage?

Download Solo, link your Amazon account, and turn on mileage tracking. Solo's GPS runs in the background and logs every mile — the commute to the delivery station, every stop on the route, and the drive home. It classifies those miles as business automatically, so you don't have to remember to start or stop anything.

Does the IRS ask for proof of mileage on Amazon Flex?

The IRS requires a contemporaneous mileage log — dates, distances, destinations, and business purpose — recorded as you drive, not reconstructed at tax time. If you're audited and can't produce one, you could lose your mileage deduction entirely. Solo creates this log automatically in the background.

What's the best app for Flex drivers who also drive for DoorDash or Instacart?

Solo tracks earnings from Amazon Flex, DoorDash, Instacart, Uber Eats, Spark, and more — all in one screen. It links your accounts and shows hours, miles, and pay across every platform, so you can see what your full week actually earned instead of checking three separate apps.

What app helps Amazon Flex drivers make more money?

Solo's Smart Schedule predicts what an hour will earn before you decide to work it, so you can pick the blocks and time slots that actually pay well. Drivers using Smart Schedule earn up to 40% more per year on average. Sherpa, Solo's AI assistant, also answers questions like whether a specific block is worth the drive to the station, using your own earnings history and local market data.

How much of my Amazon Flex mileage can I actually deduct?

You can deduct every mile driven for business purposes — the drive to the delivery station, the full route, and the drive home. The IRS standard mileage rate for the second half of 2026 is 76 cents per mile. For a typical Flex driver logging around 4,800 miles a month, that's over $3,600 in monthly deductions. Solo tracks and classifies these miles automatically.

Do I need a mileage tracker if Amazon Flex doesn't report my miles?

Yes — and even more so because Amazon doesn't report them. Unlike DoorDash or Uber, which at least show a partial mileage count, Amazon Flex gives you nothing. Without a tracker, you have no record at all, which means you're either guessing at tax time or leaving your entire mileage deduction on the table.

Which mileage tracker works if I multi-app between Flex and Uber Eats?

Solo is built for multi-app drivers. It tracks mileage and earnings from Amazon Flex, Uber Eats, DoorDash, Instacart, and more in one place. Your miles are classified automatically regardless of which app you're working, and your weekly summary shows totals across all platforms.

Can Solo file my Amazon Flex taxes, or just estimate them?

Both. Solo projects your taxes year-round based on your tracked earnings, mileage, and expenses — so you always know what you owe before quarterly deadlines. Then, Annual Pro and Pro Plus members can file their federal and state returns directly from inside the app or on the web, with everything pre-filled from a year of tracking.

Is the drive to the Amazon station tax-deductible?

Yes. As an independent contractor, the drive from your home to the delivery station is a business trip, not a personal commute. The same applies to the drive home after your last delivery. Solo logs both automatically and classifies them as business miles.

Start tracking your Amazon Flex miles

Download Solo and start your 7-day trial. Link your Amazon Flex account, turn on mileage tracking, and your next shift logs itself.

More than a million gig workers run their business on Solo.