by Allen Campbell | Jul 21, 2016 | IFTA, Invoice, IRP, Organization, Taxes
How long does it take you do to your IFTA? Here are a few signs that indicate that maybe it’s taking too long. Watch for Stopped Vehicles Are you off the road instead of driving? Some drivers say it will take them a good 7 or 8 hours to do the IFTA by hand....
by Allen Campbell | Jul 14, 2016 | IFTA, Maintenance, Organization, Trucking Management
Get Organized WITH Your IFTA! Every year, I thought the same thing – I need to be ready for the IFTA. I’d do everything I could think of to get organized and ready for it. Every year, I’d find something else that could go wrong and I’d spend a couple of days wondering...
by TruckingOffice | Jul 11, 2016 | IFTA, Invoice, Taxes
If you’re a company driver thinking of going out on your own, then there is one aspect of the business you can’t afford to overlook—IFTA fuel taxes. That’s because US states and Canadian provinces depend on IFTA revenue to maintain their highway systems. For this...
by Allen Campbell | Jun 27, 2016 | FileSafe™, IFTA, IRP, Maintenance, Organization, Reports, Trucking Management
As an owner-operator, you’re responsible for all of your paperwork and compliance to all the laws. I found I could get snowed under really quickly if I didn’t take care of my paperwork. If I didn’t do it after every load, I at least had to do it...
by TruckingOffice | Jun 13, 2016 | CVSA, IFTA, Invoice, IRP, Maintenance, Reports, Trucking Management, Trucking Software Training
How do you determine which freight management software is the best for you? It’s not a choice you want to make without due consideration. Who wants to buy multiple software packages? Who’s got the money or the time to learn different programs?...
by Allen Campbell | Jun 9, 2016 | IFTA, IRP
I was driving down I-71 last week, dodging road gators. Somebody was driving on bad tires. Or maybe lots of somebodies driving on bad tires. I guess it’s a bad habit, counting the number of trucks pulled over on the side with truck rescue crews parked in front...
by Allen Campbell | Jun 2, 2016 | ELD, IFTA, Maintenance
We decided to have some fun with the Roadcheck Blitz this year. Sing along with us! But at the end, this is how we feel: You know why we pass the Roadcheck Blitz every year? Because we don’t just care about our trucks for only the week before the Roadcheck. We...
by Allen Campbell | May 19, 2016 | Invoice, Owner Operator
No question about it, QuickBooks is the current gold standard for small business’s accounting processes. There’s hardly a bookkeeper out there who hasn’t gotten proficient at it in the last five years. Now that QuickBooks is in the cloud and...
by TruckingOffice | May 9, 2016 | IFTA, Owner Operator, Trucking Software
Nobody is managing a truck fleet with pencils and paper anymore, are they? Sure, 30-40 years ago, a lot of us started out with multi-page bills of lading, hand-written log books and notes written in little flip spiral-bound notebooks. We graduated to Lotus 123 and...
by Allen Campbell | May 5, 2016 | CVSA, ELD, IFTA, Invoice, Maintenance, Reports, Trucking Management, Trucking Software Training
Paul wants to keep on top of his small fleet’s truck maintenance. His boss came down last week with a half dozen unexpected emergency bills that she thought should have been avoided. He wouldn’t argue with that. But managing a fleet of nineteen trucks...
by TruckingOffice | Apr 25, 2016 | ELD, IFTA, Taxes
Ever had your checking statement not balance? I had that problem – endless repetitions of calculations, trying to find that odd $83.26. Did you give up? I did. Then the bank came after me for overdrafts – which end up costing me way more than the $83.26...
by Allen Campbell | Apr 21, 2016 | ELD, IFTA, Invoice, IRP, Maintenance, Organization, Owner Operator, Reports, Taxes, Trucking Management
We can’t get away from the accounting. We can’t let the accounting get away from us. When we become an owner operator, we take on a lot of extra roles as well, especially bookkeeper (unless you’re lucky enough to have one in your family!) What do...
by Allen Campbell | Apr 14, 2016 | IFTA, IRP, Organization, Owner Operator, Reports, Taxes
Gus loves driving. Every minute he’s on the road, he’s happier than a pig in mud. Becoming an owner operator was a dream come true for him. Gus hates every minute he spends at the computer, trying to manage his books. He’s organized. He’s...
by Allen Campbell | Apr 7, 2016 | IFTA, Maintenance, Taxes, Trucking Management
Leon had no one to blame but himself. The expedited load from Pennsylvania to Mississippi paid a great rate and gave him a great January total. But he’d forgotten to write down his mileage in each state and with the April IFTA forms spread across his desk, he...
by TruckingOffice | Apr 4, 2016 | IFTA, Owner Operator, Taxes, Trucking Software
There is no such thing as QuickBooks trucking software. As you probably already know, there are plenty of business software packages on the market, each claiming to be the best. One that’s gotten a fair amount of attention over the years is QuickBooks. While that...
by Allen Campbell | Apr 2, 2016 | IFTA, Invoice, IRP, Reports, Trucking Management
Nobody ever said, “I like doing my billing by hand.” The biggest improvement in the trucker world must be the use of computers to route our trucks, manage our accounts and finish that IFTA. We’ve heard about all those different choices that truckers...
by TruckingOffice | Apr 1, 2016 | IFTA, Invoice, Maintenance, Owner Operator, Trucking Management
Owner Operators – How are you doing? Running your own business as an owner operator requires a lot of attention. Brian likes to think he’s got it under control, but the fact is, he feels like he’s sinking fast. He can’t remember the last time...
by TruckingOffice | Mar 31, 2016 | Fleet Management, IFTA, Invoice, IRP, Maintenance, Organization, Reports, Trucking Management
TruckingOffice’s truck fleet management software can help you to meet the challenge If you’re running your own transportation company, whether you run one truck or 1,000, you’ve got big challenges. Fail to succeed here and your business will fail. So why...
by TruckingOffice | Mar 28, 2016 | IFTA, Trucking Management
Tess was excited about her new job until her new boss told her: “You’ll be doing IFTA next month.” Tess doesn’t know what IFTA is, but she does what everyone else would do. She goes to the Internet and googles it. Tess’s boss uses...
by Allen Campbell | Mar 24, 2016 | IFTA, Owner Operator, Taxes, Trucking Management
A recent discussion around the TruckingOffice office water cooler: Who are you going to call if you’re notified you’ve got to deal with an IFTA audit? First guess – an attorney or an accountant. Which would you pick? How would you find someone who...
by TruckingOffice | Mar 21, 2016 | IFTA, Invoice, LTL, Maintenance, Reports, Taxes
Make Your Bookkeeper Happy Bookkeepers have got a tough job with truckers. Until they’ve gotten familiar with the government requirements and the complications of our billing – especially LTL – they’ve got a lot to master. Bookkeeping for...
by TruckingOffice | Mar 14, 2016 | Fleet Management, IFTA, Invoice, Maintenance, Taxes
Common Problems with Fleet Management Fleet management companies manage all aspects of day-to-day operations for commercial motor carriers. Specifically, fleet management means tracking vehicle maintenance, fuel consumption, route planning, driver management, and...
by Allen Campbell | Mar 1, 2016 | IFTA, IRP, Maintenance, Owner Operator, Reports, Trucking Management
TruckingOffice has been maintaining the old HammerLane IFTA tables for the last few years because we knew there were a few users who still used the program. We can’t find them since the software was sold on disks – nothing online except the tables. This...
by Allen Campbell | Feb 25, 2016 | IFTA, Owner Operator, Taxes, Trucking Management
And it’s not about getting it done early this time. Checking your IFTA report a month before the end of the quarter lets you know what states you’ve gone through and what states you’ve purchased fuel in. If you’ve been through a state a number...
by Allen Campbell | Feb 18, 2016 | IFTA, Invoice, IRP, LTL, Maintenance, Owner Operator, Reports, Trucking Management
Does Your Trucking Business Come to a Stop for Paperwork? For most owner operators, paperwork is the worst part of the job. Trying to keep up with all the required records for the government and getting my billing out and the money into my pocket took a lot more...
by Allen Campbell | Jan 28, 2016 | IFTA, IFTA Filing, Invoice, Maintenance, Owner Operator, Reports, Taxes, Trucking Management, Trucking Software
What happens if you don’t file the IFTA? Do you really want to know? The consequences to not filing start at mildly annoying and move up to painful and expensive. The citation is only the first step. Tickets costs vary from state to state, but the fines will...
by Allen Campbell | Jan 21, 2016 | IFTA, IFTA Filing, Invoice, Owner Operator, Trucking Management
QuickBooks is probably the best-known small business software out there. I hear a lot of owner-operators tell me that it’s how they manage their finances. I can understand that for those people who are running a small fleet and have a bookkeeper. On one hand,...
by Allen Campbell | Jan 15, 2016 | IFTA, IRP, Maintenance, Organization, Owner Operator, Reports, Trucking Management
Making New Years Resolutions to Get Organized? As an owner operator, you’re responsible for all of your paperwork and compliance to all the laws. I found I could get snowed under really quickly if I didn’t get organized and take care of my paperwork. If...
by Allen Campbell | Jan 14, 2016 | IFTA, Owner Operator, Taxes, Trucking Management
Estelle and Leon have been on the road for a few years, and alternated sweating out the IFTA tax forms. She’d do them one quarter and he’d check them, and the next quarter, they’d switch. Let’s just say that one of them is not so good at...
by Allen Campbell | Jan 7, 2016 | Freight Sales, IFTA, Invoice, IRP, Maintenance, Owner Operator, Taxes
We get asked – a lot – how to use TruckingOffice with Quickbooks. Until now, there simply wasn’t a good answer for them – and we lost a fair bit of sales because of it. For us, TruckingOffice did just about everything that an...
by TruckingOffice | Jan 1, 2016 | Fleet Management, IFTA, Maintenance, Taxes
Why do we offer a 30 day free fleet management software trial? Good question; here’s the answer. We want you to experience all the benefits of TruckingOffice for yourself before you spend a dime of your hard-earned money. After the trial period, if you don’t agree...
by Allen Campbell | Dec 30, 2015 | IFTA, Reports, Taxes, Trucking Management
Two words why you need to be keeping a close eye on your record-keeping: IFTA audit. It’s pretty easy to let numbers slide. Some people don’t fill out the monthly reports, don’t keep the old decals (did you know you need to keep those for 4 years?)...
by TruckingOffice | Dec 21, 2015 | IFTA, Maintenance, Owner Operator, Reports, Taxes, Trucking Management, Trucking Software
Want to know how our owner operator trucking software can help your business? Big companies had the resources to develop software that was dedicated to the specific need of a trucking company. They knew what they needed and could pay the programmers to build it....
by Allen Campbell | Dec 17, 2015 | IFTA, IFTA Filing, Invoice, IRP, LTL, Maintenance, Reports, Trucking Management
You can buy a bunch of different programs to manage your trucking business. Dispatch software is vitally important software in today’s quick bid load board sites. You’ve got a window to get in and get that great load, but if you’re spending time...
by TruckingOffice | Dec 16, 2015 | IFTA, Maintenance, Taxes, Trucking Management, Trucking Software
If you’re thinking about expanding your owner-operator business, here’s why you should be looking closely at your software choices now. Getting caught in a spreadsheet based software like Excel or Google Docs spreadsheets might be manageable now… but...
by Allen Campbell | Dec 14, 2015 | IFTA, Invoice, IRP, LTL, Reports
Bill has a problem. Bill has grandkids and his wife thinks she’s Mrs. Claus. With the holiday’s interruptions, his billing is going down faster than old St. Nick down the chimney. It’s the end of the year and his regular lane is going to be half the usual load. Bill...
by Allen Campbell | Dec 10, 2015 | IFTA, Invoice, IRP, Maintenance
We’re starting to see some #IFTA tweets on Twitter and some Facebook comments – not many yet, but a few. Since we’re gearing up for our IFTA, we guess we’re just noticing it more. There’s a bookkeeping service out there that charges per...
by Allen Campbell | Dec 3, 2015 | IFTA, Invoice, LTL, Maintenance, Reports, Trucking Management
There are lot of reasons to use a factoring service. Suppose I haul a load for the local steel company, but I have to pay the fuel and the other expenses before I get the payment. I might use a factoring service – a company that will give me the...
by TruckingOffice | Nov 30, 2015 | IFTA, Owner Operator, Taxes, Trucking Management
Should you be thinking about your IFTA now? NO! And here’s why. Plenty of owner operators and fleet managers never forget the IFTA. They try to prepare for it monthly with spreadsheets or mileage documentation. One driver keeps track of his records on index...
by Allen Campbell | Nov 5, 2015 | IFTA, IFTA Filing, Owner Operator
Owner-operators have the biggest challenge in trucking, as far as I’m concerned. When I was driving for a trucking company, I was told where I was going and what I was picking up and where to take it. I didn’t have to worry about IFTA filings, getting...
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