by Allen Campbell | Sep 26, 2011 | Safety, Trucking Software Training
Every year, the American Transportation Research Institute releases a survey of the biggest trucking industry trends and issues truckers encounter. After polling hundreds of workers,managers, and owners of trucking companies, the ATRI ranks and files all of the...
by Allen Campbell | Sep 19, 2011 | IFTA, Reports, Taxes
No one likes doing taxes. April looms for every citizen, and countless blogs and editorials have bemoaned the unnecessary complications that the IRS imposes with its forms. Anyone in the trucking industry reads those complaints every year and scoffs, because ordinary...
by Allen Campbell | Sep 13, 2011 | Trucking Software
Rising fuel costs are often at the top of trucking industry statistics because they have such a broad effect on the economy. Ordinary citizens just about take to the street whenever gasoline jumps ten cents a gallon, but compared to a trucker’s dependency on fuel,...
by Allen Campbell | Aug 22, 2011 | Freight Sales, Taxes
A few years back, when gasoline prices were hitting the four-dollar mark for the first time ever, some grassroots movements began campaigning to remove fuel taxes to alleviate citizens. For some people, this was the first time they’d heard of a tax on gasoline and...
by Allen Campbell | Aug 1, 2011 | Maintenance, Reports, Safety
If you’re in the trucking industry, you know you have to adhere to CSA2010 compliance, the new compliance program from the FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration)—but you might not know what that entails. Given that it’s a new program, not everyone has...
by Allen Campbell | Jul 11, 2011 | IFTA, Taxes
The International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) was formulated to efficiently record fuel taxes for motor carriers. This agreement spans forty US states and Canadian provinces, making it simpler to track carriers that operate in more than one jurisdiction. Under the IFTA,...
by Allen Campbell | Jul 4, 2011 | DOT Rules and Regulations, ELD, Reports, Trucking Software Training
Required DOT Rules and Regulations The DOT rules and regulations are meant to be followed by all truckers and other drivers on US roads. Each state has its own variation of these regulations, but some of the rules are enforced on a federal level. When training or...
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