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About.com: “TeleNav’s Shotgun…provides the best solution I’ve seen for automating mileage tracking and logging”
Apr 14th
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Easily track your miles (with just one button) and download later for expense reports
No one enjoys tax season (except for maybe accountants) and as you put the final touches on your 2008 forms, you may be promising yourself that you will get an earlier start on it next year and keep better records so that it is not so complicated.
If you own a business with vehicles, you can now track and deduct mileage much easier with GPS technology. GPS expert, Fred Zahradnik, writes on his About.com blog that “TeleNav’s Shotgun model car GPS … provides the best solution I’ve seen for automating mileage tracking and logging.”
"TeleNav's Shotgun ... provides the best solution I've seen for automating mileage tracking and logging." -- Fred Zahradnik, About.com Guide to GPS
We also shared some information on using TeleNav Shotgun’s mileage tracking capabilities for your taxes earlier this year. For 2009, the optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile will be 55 cents per mile for business miles driven. For 2008, the business mileage rate was 50.5 cents in the first half of the year and 58.5 cents in the second half.
Depending on your type of business and how many vehicles you use for it, this deduction may really add up. Log 25,000 miles for 2009 for example, and that’s $13,750 in deductions. But accurately keeping track of all of the miles driven for the year is important – and this isn’t always easy.
If you’re in this situation, you may want to take Fred’s advice and consider TeleNav Shotgun. The device connects to the Internet via the wireless network so all of this information is stored for 24 months on your account and can be downloaded from your PC and exported into an Excel or PDF document. This eliminates any manual note taking or scribbles on backs of gas receipts and it also may help you keep more accurate records that are easy to share with the IRS if needed.
Give us a call if you have questions about how the Shotgun can be used for your business. If you’re already using it, let us know what you think. We want to hear your feedback.
How TeleNav Shotgun Can Help You With Your Taxes
Feb 20th
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Easily track your miles (with just one button) and download later for help with mileage reporting
It’s tax season again and whether or not you expect money back from Uncle Sam or know you’re going to be sending him a check, you’re most likely dreading the whole process. Even if you have an accountant, pulling together receipts, logging information, and gathering all your relevant government forms is generally something most people consider a time-consuming chore.
If you’re a business owner, one of the deductions you probably monitor is mileage on your vehicles. For example, for 2009, the optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile will be 55 cents per mile for business miles driven. For 2008, the business mileage rate was 50.5 cents in the first half of the year and 58.5 cents in the second half.
Depending on your type of business and how many vehicles you use for it, this deduction may really add up. Log 25,000 miles for 2009 for example, and that’s $13,750 in deductions. But accurately keeping track of all of the miles driven for the year is important – and this isn’t always easy.
One option that might make this process simpler is the TeleNav Shotgun – our connected personal navigation device that will let you easily track miles driven (while getting turn-by-turn directions or just while driving). The device connects to the Internet via the wireless network so all of this information is stored for 24 months on your account and can be downloaded from your PC and exported into an Excel or PDF document. This eliminates any manual note taking or scribbles on backs of gas receipts and it also may help you keep more accurate records that are easy to share with the IRS if needed.
So if you’re thinking about using GPS navigation for your business anyway, you might want to think about trying out the TeleNav Shotgun which can save you a lot of time and hassle when Uncle Sam comes knockin’ again next year.
TeleNav Shotgun Now Includes Mileage Tracking and Business Reviews/Ratings
Jan 20th
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Easily track your miles (with just one button) and download later for expense reports
- TeleNav Shotgun now includes business reviews for places like restaurants
Today we announced that TeleNav Shotgun, our connected GPS navigation device for business travelers, is sporting some new features to make traveling even easier.
TeleNav Shotgun now includes mileage tracking and business reviews/ratings.
Mileage tracking allows customers the ability to track miles driven using their TeleNav Shotgun. A driver can record mileage on specific routes or can simply start and stop tracking miles at any time when receiving turn-by-turn navigation or while in ‘follow me’ map mode. Later, from their PC, they can log into My TeleNav and download reports in Excel or Adobe – making expense reporting so much easier.
We also launched business reviews so users can now look up reviews and ratings on places like restaurants, hotels, shopping malls, bakeries, grocery stores, hospitals and museums. They can also rate the businesses themselves directly from their TeleNav Shotgun.
If you are a current TeleNav Shotgun customer and are subscribing to TeleNav Connected Service, these new features will be added to your device automatically. That’s one of the key benefits of the connected device!
Don’t forget – all new customers receive three months of free TeleNav Connected Service!
Try the new features out and let us know what you think!
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