Evri Mileage Tracker - Your Round, Your Deduction
The Evri Courier Community app tracks your parcels, your scans, and your estimated pay. It does not track your mileage. A rural round at 25,000 business miles a year claims £8,250 in HMRC AMAP deduction - often more than a quiet week of small-packet pay. MileClear records every round automatically, applies the right rate, and produces a Self Assessment-ready log. Free to download - Pro from £4.99 per month.
Self-Employed Plus or Classic - You Still File Self Assessment
In June 2018 a Leeds Employment Tribunal ruled that 65 Hermes couriers (later cited as 194) were "limb (b) workers" rather than independent contractors - the first union-recognised gig economy ruling in the UK. Hermes chose to negotiate rather than appeal, and in February 2019 launched Self-Employed Plus in partnership with the GMB union. Two contract options have coexisted since.
Self-Employed Plus (SE+)
- 28 days paid holiday
- Pension auto-enrolment (Evri 3%, courier 5%)
- National Minimum Wage floor
- Pay set via GMB collective bargaining
- 5+ days/week including weekend
- Still self-employed for tax
Classic Self-Employed
- No paid holiday or sick pay
- No pension contribution
- No NMW floor
- Most flexible - work as many or few days as you choose
- Common for weekend-only or part-time couriers
- Self-employed for tax
For HMRC, both contracts are identical. Both file Self Assessment, both pay Class 2 and Class 4 NI, both can claim AMAP mileage. SE+ holiday pay and pension contributions show up as taxable income, not PAYE. Whichever contract you are on, mileage is the largest deductible expense available to you, and you are the only person who can record it.
Your Round Is Not a Gig - It Is a Territory
An Evri round is a defined geographic area - a postcode cluster the same courier delivers to most days, sometimes for years. That makes it fundamentally different from an Uber ride, an Amazon Flex block, or a Just Eat run. You learn it. You know which buildings have safe places, which dogs bite, which addresses prefer "leave with the neighbour". Familiarity is part of the value.
Volume varies wildly by density. Urban rounds run 150 to 250 parcels a day across 50 to 80 miles. Suburban rounds sit at 100 to 180 parcels across 80 to 120 miles - the sweet spot. Rural rounds are 60 to 120 parcels stretched across 120 to 200 miles, where every fuel-up matters.
Christmas peak (late October to Christmas Eve) can push volumes to 400 to 500 parcels a day. Your round mileage doubles too. MileClear records every drive without you tapping anything - critical when you are 12 hours into a 14-hour peak shift and not thinking about tax.
Three Round Archetypes - Three Different Tax Stories
Urban Round
Dense, lots of stops, fuel cost lower per parcel - but parcel pay band sometimes lower too.
Suburban Round
The sweet spot. Mid-range rates, mid-range mileage, healthy mix of stop density and route distance.
Rural Round
Slightly higher per-parcel rate but fuel costs eat half the premium. Mileage deduction is the difference.
The pattern is consistent: as the round goes more rural, the per-parcel premium rises slightly but fuel takes more of it back. The mileage deduction does not flinch - it scales linearly with miles driven, capped only by the 10,000-mile threshold where the rate steps from 45p to 25p. For full-time rural Evri couriers, AMAP is often the largest line on the Self Assessment.
When Per-Parcel Pay Drops, Mileage Matters More
In January 2025 Evri introduced a new "small packet" rate band paying 35p per item. A change.org petition signed by thousands of couriers reported parcels as large as radiators and flatpack furniture being labelled small packet for pay purposes. By December 2025 BBC Panorama's "Where's My Parcel?" documentary found couriers earning below National Minimum Wage after the change. MPs intervened ahead of the Christmas peak; the GMB tabled a new pay claim.
The HMRC mileage rate did not move. AMAP is set by HMRC, not by Evri - 45p first 10,000 miles, 25p thereafter for cars, 24p flat for mopeds and motorbikes. When parcel pay drops, mileage becomes a larger proportion of net take-home, not a smaller one.
For couriers being squeezed on per-parcel rates, the question is no longer "can I afford to track mileage?" - it is "can I afford not to?" MileClear is a free download. Pro is £4.99 a month. A typical full-time round recovers that in tax saved within the first week of any tax year.
Making Tax Digital - April 2026 and April 2027
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment (MTD ITSA) is rolling out in two stages. From April 2026 it becomes mandatory for self-employed people earning over £50,000 a year. From April 2027 the threshold drops to £30,000. That second threshold catches a large slice of full-time Evri couriers, especially SE+ couriers running 5 to 6 day rounds.
Once MTD applies, you will need to keep records digitally and submit quarterly updates to HMRC. A paper notebook with the day's mileage scribbled in pen will not satisfy the rules. A spreadsheet without the right software bridge will not either.
MileClear's data is already in the right shape - dated, GPS-verified, with vehicle and platform tags, exportable to CSV and PDF. When MTD lands, your mileage records do not need to change. Everything else might, but not that.
No Fuel Allowance, No Round Pay - Just Per Parcel
Evri does not pay a fuel supplement, a vehicle allowance, or a per-round flat rate. Pay is purely per parcel: 35p small packet, 60p to £1.20 standard, up to £2 for larger or rural items. Couriers fully absorb fuel rises, and the platform has form for cutting individual courier rates when their hourly earnings look "too high".
MileClear shows live fuel prices from over 8,300 UK stations using the government-mandated price reporting database. You can see which stations near your delivery unit or along your round have the cheapest fuel before you fill up. Saving 5p per litre on a regular fill-up is real money across a peak week.
The fuel log feature also lets you record every fill-up with the cost, litres, and odometer reading. Over a few months you have your real cost per mile - which tells you whether AMAP's simplified rate is generous or stingy on your specific vehicle and round.
Evri Alongside Amazon Flex, DPD, or Other Parcel Work
Many Classic Evri couriers also pick up Amazon Flex blocks on quiet evenings, do an extra DPD run when their own round wraps early, or take direct B2B work through a local network. From HMRC's view it is all one self-employment trade on the same vehicle, claimable under the same chosen method (Simplified or Actual). What you need to show is which work was for which client, and that the totals add up.
MileClear tags every shift and trip with the platform. Evri rounds are tagged separately from Amazon Flex blocks, DPD routes, or anything else. The business insights view compares earnings per mile and per hour by platform, so you can see whether the extra Flex blocks are actually worth the wear on your van. See the dedicated guides: Amazon Flex and DPD.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are Evri couriers self-employed?
Yes - both Self-Employed Plus and Classic. Both file Self Assessment and pay Class 2 and Class 4 NI. SE+ adds 28 days holiday, pension, and an NMW floor on top of self-employed status; it does not change the tax position.
Can SE+ couriers still claim HMRC mileage?
Yes. SE+ holiday pay and pension contributions are taxable self-employed income, not PAYE. SE+ couriers claim AMAP mileage exactly the same as Classic couriers.
Does Evri provide a vehicle to couriers?
No. Couriers use their own vehicle and must hold hire-and-reward (courier) insurance. Standard SDP or commute policies are invalid for delivery work and a claim will be refused. Because the vehicle is yours, every business mile is claimable.
How many miles a day does an Evri round cover?
Urban rounds 50-80 mi/day, suburban 80-120, rural 120-200. Christmas peak roughly doubles those figures. Most full-time couriers settle into a single round and the daily total stays consistent week to week.
What HMRC mileage rate applies to my Evri round?
Cars and vans: 45p per mile for the first 10,000 business miles in the tax year, 25p after that. Mopeds and motorbikes: 24p per mile flat. Most full-time Evri couriers exceed 10,000 miles partway through the year, so the 25p rate applies for a meaningful chunk of their round.
Should I use Simplified Expenses or Actual Costs?
Most Evri couriers benefit from Simplified - the AMAP rate covers fuel, insurance, servicing, depreciation, and tax in a single per-mile figure. Actual Costs (keeping every fuel and repair receipt) wins only for high-mileage diesel vans with expensive lease or finance costs. The choice is locked for that vehicle's life with the business.
Did the small-packet rate cut affect mileage claims?
Not directly. AMAP rates are set by HMRC. But because per-parcel pay dropped while mileage rates stayed the same, mileage now makes up a bigger proportion of net take-home for many couriers. Tracking it has gone from 'worth doing' to 'essential'.
Does the Evri Courier Community app track mileage?
No. It tracks parcels, scans, signatures, and pay - but no mileage log, no tax-year total, no GPS audit trail. That is what MileClear adds.
What about Making Tax Digital?
MTD ITSA becomes mandatory for self-employed earning over £50k from April 2026, and over £30k from April 2027. That second threshold catches a large slice of full-time Evri couriers. MileClear's data is already in the digital, exportable format MTD needs.
Does the home-to-delivery-unit drive count as a business mile?
Generally no. HMRC treats travel from home to your regular place of work as ordinary commuting, even if the 'place of work' is a sortation depot you only spend 30 minutes at each morning. Miles from the delivery unit onwards - through your round and back - are business miles.
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