by TruckingOffice | Jan 8, 2018 | 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 TruckingOffice | Dec 19, 2016 | IFTA, IRP, LTL, Reports, Trucking Management
Chris has a pretty famous rig that he’s got to maintain since he’s frequently on call for marketing visits during November and December. He has one customer he ships for and has only one route per year, but it’s a tricky one – particularly with...
by TruckingOffice | Oct 27, 2016 | Goal Setting, Maintenance, Reports, Trucking Management
[bs_well size=”md”] TruckingOffice Wants Truckers to Succeed We’ve been focusing some of our blog posts on goals and goal setting. SMART goal setting SCHEMES to figure out your action plan Measurements to determine where your strengths and weaknesses...
by Allen Campbell | Aug 12, 2016 | FileSafe™, IFTA, Invoice, IRP, Maintenance, Trucking Management
We heard you. When truckers asked if they could put their own mileage records into TruckingOffice, we decided to find a way: PCMiler. PCMiler is now optional. You can use your own mileage numbers instead. For truckers who want to enter their own data instead of...
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 | 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 Allen Campbell | Oct 28, 2015 | IFTA, IRP, Taxes, Trucking Management
It was a dark and stormy night. One Friday when the fleet manager went out to inspect each of the trucks, he noticed that in the first truck the odometer was 1,000 miles off from the driver’s logbook. In the second truck, the difference was even greater…...
by Allen Campbell | Sep 24, 2015 | Trucking Software
Do you know how much you make in profit per mile? Why would you want to know? TruckingOffice PRO trucking software offers a Profit and Loss Report (P&L) , but we believe that most trucking businesses will be far more interested in a Company Overview Report. The...
by Allen Campbell | Aug 13, 2015 | Invoice, Reports, Trucking Management
“It’s all in who you know,” is the old proverb. That’s probably right – you need to create a relationship with a shipper so they’ll think of you when they have a shipment going out. Last week, I talked about sending emails to a potential new customer. That works, but...
by Allen Campbell | Jul 28, 2015 | IFTA, Owner Operator, Reports, Trucking Management
Are you done yet? I’ve been watching the Twitter hashtags about IFTA this month and it looks like there are a lot of people out there still working on it. I guess that’s natural, people put things like tax filings off to the last minute. The stress this...
by Allen Campbell | Jul 21, 2015 | IFTA, IRP, LTL, Maintenance, Trucking Management
We know you can sign up for our free 30 day trial to do your IFTA report for free. We want you to. We believe that if you take the time to enter a quarter’s worth of loads, you’ll find our IFTA report is worth every penny that you’ll pay for in the...
by Allen Campbell | Jun 22, 2015 | Invoice, Organization
It would be a nightmare if I’d gotten this call before we started TruckingOffice. A bill that’s almost 6 months overdue is being contested because they claim they hadn’t gotten the bill of lading. In the old days, first I would have had to go through my spreadsheets...
by Allen Campbell | Oct 20, 2014 | IFTA, IFTA Filing, Invoice, Maintenance, Reports, Taxes, Trucking Management
What happens if you don’t file the IFTA? There are those people who think they can beat the system. Avoiding government scrutiny becomes a game for them. The IFTA is not a game you want to play. The consequences to not filing start at mildly annoying and move...
by Allen Campbell | Jul 14, 2014 | IFTA, IFTA Filing, Owner Operator, Trucking Software
Don’t believe us when we say that your IFTA filing can be done in 91 minutes? You don’t think you have time to start up a new IFTA filing system. If you’re an owner-operator, you’re looking at that calendar with some concern – the IFTA is...
by Allen Campbell | Jul 25, 2011 | Invoice, Maintenance, Organization, Owner Operator, Trucking Software
A trucking fleet has numerous vehicles that need to be monitored and maintained. With the right owner/operator trucking software, an owner can track the location and physical condition of his or her trucks. This type of software can pay bills, track mileage, notify of...
by Allen Campbell | Jul 18, 2011 | Fleet Management, Invoice, Trucking Software
The trucking industry is a booming business that involves tedious tasks and objectives. However, these objectives can be very confusing if you do not have the right management tools. Trucking business software is designed to keep your company’s objectives in the...
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