Truck Maintenance
On Friday morning while driving from Canton to Akron on I-77, I counted 10 empty flatbed trucks, 5 bob-tail cabs, and 3 speed-traps. It must be Memorial Day Weekend. Welcome to Summer – and the first long weekend we have at home. What are you going to do with...
Maintenance Tracking with TMS
If you’re going to use trucking software to track your truck maintenance, you might as well get the full picture of what’s going on in your trucking business. What is TMS? TMS means trucking management software. The programs use technology to help...
Truck Maintenance SWOT
When trying to maintain your truck, it’s important to prioritize your truck maintenance tasks. What’s the most important? What can wait? To make these decisions, a SWOT analysis can help. SWOT Analysis You may have heard of SWOT analysis for businesses....
Maintenance Management for Owner Operators
CVSA Inspections will focus on steering and suspension this year – only a month from now on June 4-6. We think that probably puts maintenance management high on your priority list in the next 4 weeks. Maintenance Management Are you taking the week of the CVSA...
How Long Does IFTA Take?
How long does IFTA take? All the time you will let it take. It’s called Parkinson’s Law. Work will take all the time you set aside to complete it. There are entire books about it you can find on Amazon or at the library. Getting Your IFTA Done Faster...
April IFTA and Taxes
Guess what I found on the internet? A 78-page research paper on why people procrastinate on their taxes. Seems a bit much, right? But April IFTA and our income taxes fall only 15 days apart. So procrastination just isn’t an option this month. We have to get...
Late IFTA Filing
It’s not too late for your IFTA filing – yet. A late IFTA filing would be after April 30th, so you’re safe for now. But why wait? It’s human nature to avoid pain. We are programmed that way. And let’s face it, filing IFTA is a pain....
Trucking Business Organization: Envelope, App or Email?
Did you see that recent video about young men trying to use a dial telephone? It took them nearly 4 minutes to figure it out – with coaching. There are days when we hear about truckers still using an old-fashioned envelope system to track their trucking...
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...
Organizing Your Trucking Business
Organizing Your Trucking Business Organizing your trucking business in the 21st century means leaving the old ways behind. Just like we’ve got modern trucks, we need modern technology to manage them. Using a good trucking management software that is accessible...
Organize Your Trucking Business
The Battle to Organize Your Trucking Business When we talk to truckers, the first thing almost everyone says is this: “I need to organize my trucking business.” That’s what motivates them to look for trucking software. There are a lot of parts in...
Owner Operator Business Plan 7: Plan Building
Building an Owner-Operator Trucking Business Plan Your business plan will have an executive summary a company overview a marketing plan a set of goals or milestones a list of the current staff a financial plan. TruckingOffice can help you as we break down each step of...
Owner Operator Business Plan 6: Financial Statement
Building an Owner-Operator Trucking Business Plan Your business plan will have an executive summary a company overview a marketing plan a set of goals or milestones a list of the current staff a financial plan. TruckingOffice can help you as we break down each step of...
Owner Operator Business Plans 4: Goals and Milestones
Building an Owner-Operator Trucking Business Plan Your business plan will have an executive summary a company overview a marketing plan a set of goals or milestones a list of the current staff a financial plan. TruckingOffice can help you as we break down each step of...
Owner Operator Business Plans 2: Company Overview
Building an Owner-Operator Trucking Business Plan Your business plan will have an executive summary a company overview a marketing plan a set of goals or milestones a list of the current staff a financial plan. TruckingOffice can help you as we break down each step of...
Owner Operator Business Plans 1: Executive Summary
The trucking industry is responsible for transporting 70% of all freight in the United States. In 2021, this translates to over $930 billion in goods being hauled across the country on trucks every year. Does this sound like something you want to be a part of? If you...
Owner-Operator Business Plans
North America has had a lot of winter already this year. Record-breaking temperatures, blizzards, and now Ohio is expecting to get several days in the 50s with rain. It feels like it’s been a year already and it’s barely February. Did you have a plan...
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...
Owner-Operator Home Business Christmas Gift
The Best Owner-Operator Christmas gift At this time of year, all the family members of owner-operator truckers are trying to find the best gift for them. And they’re probably looking at Amazon right now trying to pick out the best gift for you. When a...
Have Your Ordered Next Year’s IFTA Stickers Yet?
Where did November go? If you’re like a lot of truckers, November was more miles than October and December is looking pretty good too. All that holiday shipping makes a big difference. So maybe you haven’t thought about next year’s IFTA sticker...
Cyber Monday Sale at TruckingOffice
Cyber Monday – where every online company has sales to push this one day of the year. We’re not going to miss it either. TruckingOffice CYBER MONDAY SALE Whether you’re looking for yourself or the trucker in your life, trucking management software is...
Your IFTA Is Due
It’s almost Halloween and your IFTA is due. Which is scarier? Your IFTA is due on October 31. Are you ready? All those numbers you’ve been saving up since July 1st. It’s crunch time, as in it’s time to crunch the numbers. If a trucker is...
Stuck in the Penalty Box with IFTA Tax Filing?
The old joke about hockey is that it’s a fight with a game breaking out. If that’s the case, then trucking is a tax season with driving filling the gaps. IFTA follows us all year long, taking our time and can ruin a completely good weekend by keeping us...
IFTA Trucking Software
Last week, we said “GO TRIBE!” and we went to look at the trophy. (Did you know there was a trophy?) Every team is represented with a pennant. All are part of the whole Major League Baseball. When we think of all the parts of running a trucking...
Does Trucking IFTA Software Make Paperwork Easier?
It’s time to file the IFTA forms again. Are you looking for trucking IFTA software that will do it for you? If you’re an owner-operator, then you need more than just IFTA software. Trucking IFTA Software IFTA is only one part of trucking. It’s not...
Easy IFTA Software
October is coming – and so is the IFTA. Are you looking for easy IFTA software? Is that enough? Easy IFTA software Honestly, easy IFTA software was the first thing we planned when we built TruckingOffice. Truckers have had to spend too much time taking care of...
Simple LTL Shipping Software
It’s a simple idea: if a truck is half empty, fill it with more freight to make more money. Is there a simple LTL shipping software to help truckers do just that? Simple LTL Shipping We’re seeing a big surge in the trucking industry right now. With the...
Truck Maintenance Records
Driving down I-77 yesterday behind a tanker, we noticed that each of the four mudflaps had a different trucking emergency service listed. It made me worry about the truck. How many times has it been serviced? What do those truck maintenance records look like?...
Easy Trucking Invoicing Program
We talk a lot about TruckingOffice’s extras. We spend a lot of time talking about IFTA and about truck maintenance. But the core of TruckingOffice is to be an easy trucking invoicing program. After all, if we can’t do that, nothing else matters. Easy...
ELD data that fleet managers can use
Looking for ELD data that fleet managers can use? One of the key tasks of a fleet manager is to track the hours of a trucker to make sure they don’t go over the HOS restrictions. Back in the days of paper logs, a fleet manager had to wait until the logs were...
Documentation for IFTA Reports
What Documentation for Filing IFTA Reports is Required? Do you know what you need for documentation for filing IFTA taxes? Each carrier is required to keep all receipts, either hard copy or electronic. The fuel tax payments must be submitted four times a year (each...
The Best Accounting Software for Owner-Operators: TruckingOffice or QuickBooks?
TruckingOffice or QuickBooks? We’ve created a little test we call TruckingOffice or QuickBooks. Let’s see which program is going to work best for you. Is accounting the only thing an owner-operator needs a computer program to do? Obviously not. ...
Never Use QuickBooks for Trucking Again!
Truckers who have tried to make Quickbooks work for trucking often say one thing. I will never use QuickBooks for trucking ever again. You can guess what their experiences were like. For owner-operators, it’s an obvious choice for the billing part of trucking. ...
QuickBooks for Trucking? A look at IFTA
Is Quickbooks for trucking the right program for the IFTA? Think of your trucking business like a hamburger fresh off the grill. You cooked it just the way you want. The bun is waiting, the burger is still steaming and it’s time to add the ketchup and mustard...
Why Use Truck Routing Software?
Where do you go from here? Once you get the load, either from a load board or an established customer, you’ve got to decide the route to take to deliver it. As we see it, there are two choices: the old way with maps or the modern way with truck routing software like...
Self-Employed Owner-Operators: Are your taxes due this week?
Some of us pay the IFTA taxes quarterly. That’s not fun. Some of us pay the quarterly income taxes. That’s also not fun. Fortunately, they’re not the same month. The trucking industry pays a lot of taxes. Fuel tax at the pump IFTA 4 times per...Free Load Profit Calculator for Truckers
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