Facing Audits With a System, Not a Shoebox
There are three types of audits that an owner-operator or fleet manager may have to face. IRSIFTADOT compliance review. The IRS audit is what anyone might face. Income, expenses, taxable activity. It’s what accountants live on. The IFTA audit follows a...
IFTA Interest Rates: How Much Truckers Pay for Missing IFTA Deadlines
The rules and regulations of the International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) are complicated, but one thing is fairly straightforward – you will be fined or penalized for late filing, underpayment, or unpaid taxes. To make it worse, you’ll have to pay interest...
Trucking Operators: 5 Things You Should Know to Stay IFTA Compliant
All the things you have to remember and do just to be able to haul freight can be overwhelming for many! Most trucking operators have plenty of questions and concerns about the many rules and regulations they must follow. No doubt, IFTA reporting is the most...
Trucking Accounting Software for Truckers, Not for Accountants
It’s easy to understand the appeal of using the same accounting software as the accountants who handle finances for major Fortune 500 companies. But learning how to use those software programs takes time and sometimes a working knowledge of accounting. The reality is...
IFTA Trucking Software: Important Questions to Ask Before Buying
As a long-haul or short-haul trucker, you know that it is crucial to track and report on your fuel usage. Previously, drivers would have to get fuel permits from each state on their route. Afterward, they would have to calculate the fuel taxes associated with each...
5 Common IFTA Reporting Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Heads up, truckers! You’re approaching the end of another IFTA reporting quarter. Are you ready to file your report? Or, are you still procrastinating because you dread the task? One thing is for sure: the longer you wait, the more stressed...
Trucker’s Guide for Completing the IFTA Quarterly Tax Return
For most new truckers, IFTA reporting can be confusing. The purpose of the International Fuel Tax Agreement is to provide a uniform and simpler method for filing and collecting fuel use taxes. Yet, the rules and regulations are confusing, leaving many truckers...
How You Actually Save Money By Using IFTA Trucking Software
If you are a long-haul or short-haul trucker, you understand the importance of correctly reporting your fuel taxes. Before the implementation of IFTA, the international fuel tax agreement, reporting could be a burdensome task with significant amounts of paperwork....
IFTA License Revocation: What Every Trucker Should Know
Like most busy truckers, you lose track of time, and before you know it, IFTA reports are due again. If you’ve waited until the last minute to file, you’ll rush through the report and this can result in costly mistakes. So, IFTA reporting should be at the...
IFTA for Beginners: Step-by-Step Guide to Calculate Taxable Gallons
If you’re new to trucking, you may be a bit overwhelmed by the many rules and regulations. Not to mention trying to remember the different government agencies that need never-ending reports. Most new drivers, and seasoned pros as well, struggle to...
What Is IFTA and Why It’s Important
If you’re new to the trucking industry, you may not know that at one time, truckers were required to get fuel permits from each state on their route. This requirement made the process of calculating and distributing fuel taxes a burdensome, inefficient task for...
Free IFTA filing software? Don’t think so.
It’s that time again to file the quarterly IFTA taxes filing. I’m going to guess there are a lot of new truckers out there who are scrambling, looking for free IFTA filing software programs to file their taxes. We’ve done a quick search to find them...
Did You Know You Need an IFTA License?
IFTA was created to simplify fuel tax reporting as well as distribution of those taxes to each jurisdiction. Of course, you’ve probably heard other truckers complain about the many complicated IFTA regulations and hope to avoid them. Unfortunately, there are only a...
How to File Your IFTA Report
Oops! Time is sneaking up on you. It’s time to submit your 3rd quarter IFTA report due by October 31st. If you’re new to the trucking industry, you’re a little nervous about this report. Or, you’re still a little unsure how to file one. ...
When Is IFTA Due? And Other Owner-Operator Questions
Do you have nay owner-operator questions about IFTA? Like, when is IFTA due? Plenty of people have questions about IFTA – not just when is it due. What is it? Why do truckers have to pay it? How do I pay it? TruckingOffice IFTA Resource Center for New...
IFTA Preparation: QuickBooks or TruckingOffice?
IFTA is due at the end of this month. How are you managing your IFTA preparation? IFTA Preparation Options As we see it, there are several options to complete your IFTA preparation. You can do it by hand. We truly hope you are not doing this. The chances of...
Pros and Cons of Fleet Management Technology
Fleet management technology is transforming the trucking world every day, and that’s a good thing. Those of us who have been around for a while can remember the days before everyone had smartphones, iPads, and laptops. While it’s easy to get nostalgic for...
IFTA Extensions: Should you take it?
Are you eligible for IFTA extensions? What about your IRP? Some jurisdictions are giving them to truckers who have hauled medical or other essential materials during this crisis. What do you plan to do? IFTA Extensions Owner-operators, trucking companies, brokers...
IFTA Changes – Are You Keeping Up?
Are you keeping up with the IFTA changes right now? IFTA Changes – Fuel Tax Rates It’s that time of year again when you’re doing your IFTA filing and you need to be confident that you’re paying the right amount. Not too much, not too little....
IFTA and the Pandemic
2020 is turning out to be quite the year, isn’t it? Now it’s April and we’re struggling with IFTA and the pandemic. First of all, we know – we couldn’t do it without you truckers on the road. You men and women who haul the goods we need...
How TruckingOffice Simplifies Your IFTA Reporting
For many years, paying fuel taxes was a nightmare for truckers and trucking companies. It required truck drivers to stop at every port of entry to buy a permit. That was both taxing and time-consuming. As the trucking industry continued to become more regulated,...
Fastest IRP & IFTA Calculator On the Road
What’s the fastest IFTA calculator available? Everybody wants to know that right about now. Get this stupid task done and get back on the road, right? We’ve got better things to do. Breaking down the IFTA Calculations First, you have to track all of your...
IFTA Fuel Tax Rates: How They’ve Changed Over Five Years
The International Fuel Tax Agreement, also known as IFTA, was designed to simplify the collection and proportional distribution of motor fuel use fees among member jurisdictions. Motor carriers who travel in more than one jurisdiction are required to register...
TruckingOffice: Serving Truckers Since 2010
TruckingOffice began as a small trucking authority in 2002. The owner, Allen, tried to manage everything with a combination of paper logs, spreadsheets, and Quickbooks. This was very hectic and caused some issues. Although Quickbooks is a great tool for...
New IFTA Calculator for Your New Trucking Business
Just getting started in your new owner-operator trucking business? Welcome to the world of logistics and transportation! There’s a lot to learn when you own your own business and one of the first lessons is taxes. IFTA taxes. IRP taxes. That’s why...
Trucking IFTA FAQs
TruckingOffice trucking management software was built for a trucking office. Our owner, Allen Campbell, has had years on the road, owns his own authority, and had a fleet of 6 trucks. When working with the developers to create TruckingOffice, IFTA was on his mind....
Owner-Operator IFTA Goal
It’s time to file IFTA. You don’t normally think of it as a goal, do you? But an IFTA goal is a smart idea for your trucking business, especially an owner-operator: IFTA goals can change your business. What’s an IFTA goal? Pretty simple, really. An...
Running an IFTA Report
For a lot of owner-operators and company drivers, it is a bit complex to understand the (IFTA) International Fuel Tax Agreement. Drivers who have knowledge of the history of IFTA and the reason as to why it was developed, believe they will be able to make more...
IFTA ELD and TMS: What They Mean
How many random letters can you throw into a trucking discussion? IFTA ELD TMS IRP If you’re already crying uncle, imagine being a new trucker and trying to understand our lingo. IFTA ELD IFTA is the International Fuel Tax Agreement. 57 different jurisdictions...
IFTA Shortcuts
Do you know any good IFTA shortcuts? GPS doesn’t always know best. LIke my drive home – the GPS always tells me to turn onto one street that’s right beside two schools. Turning left there can take 10 minutes if you’re there right after school lets out....
IFTA Calculator Blues
It’s the first of July. Do you have IFTA Calculator blues? IFTA and Maintenance There’s a school of thought that says you don’t replace a part until one minute before it breaks. Only problem with that mindset is… you have to know when that minute is and...
IFTA Software for Beginners
Your IFTA filing is due tomorrow. Are you ready for your quarterly filing? Tomorrow is only 24 hours away. Are you staying home today to get it done? You probably don’t want to think about the 2nd quarter IFTA right now. But maybe we should think about it....
IFTA Due Date Extended to April 31st
Do you know the IFTA due date? They’ve delayed for an extra day this year to April 31st. April Fools! (There is no April 31st.) IFTA due date is still April 30, just like every April. Ever feel like you can’t joke about IFTA? It is important, not only to...
Reduce April’s IFTA Payment Now
2 Simple Steps to Reduce Your IFTA Payment 1. Compute your IFTA payment now. Take a minute* and figure out how much you will owe IFTA right now, if you didn’t drive another mile. 2. Determine where you need to buy your next tank of fuel. Which state...
Want More Than Just a Fast IFTA Program?
We’ve been reading your comments on our blog posts (Hey! Thanks for reading!) and it’s clear that a fast IFTA program is important, but we’re getting a lot of people asking some pretty smart questions. They want more than just a fast IFTA program....
IFTA Resource Center Now Open
It’s January, so it’s IFTA month. You know the drill… File IFTA. Pay taxes. Go back on the road. But that’s not the only big news from TruckingOffice about IFTA this year. You’ve got questions, we’ve got answers: IFTA Resource...
How to File Your IFTA Faster
IFTA was created to help truckers file their fuel taxes faster. IFTA the Old Fashioned Way It used to be that if a trucker drove through a state, the trucker needed a license on the vehicle and paid local fuel taxes to each state individually. For long-distance...
Trucking Business Resolutions: IFTA
Did you have a good holiday season? Now that we’re into the New Year and the slower transportation season, and the IFTA is due in on January 31, maybe you’re working on your trucking business resolutions – especially about the IFTA. Trucking...
Why You Need TruckingOffice’s Truck Mileage Calculator
IFTA is one of the biggest pains of trucking. Requiring detailed mile tracking, tedious paperwork and worse, tons of money in taxes, it’s typically a driver’s most loathed part of the job —understandably so. Until recently, there was just no way to make it easier....Free Load Profit Calculator for Truckers
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