HVUT – Heavy Vehicle Use Tax Due August 31
I just figured I should remind people that the HVUT is due on August 31. What is that? The Heavy Vehicle Use Tax is another tax we truckers pay to stay on the roads. I think it’s supposed to pay for highway maintenance, but I couldn’t find anything...Use QuickBooks? Trucking Software Is a More Streamlined Solution
Is there such a thing as QuickBooks trucking software? No… and yes. QuickBooks is not an accounting program dedicated to any specific business except accounting. That’s the way it should be – most businesses don’t need a specialized accounting...Staying Motivated on Your Trucking Business Goals
[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...Get Organized With Your IFTA
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...Emergency on the Road – How Will You Handle It?
Forget Your Goals? Or Get Derailed By an Emergency? Keeping your focus on your goals with reminders or frequent review of your business helps move you forward, but there are days when the road to success has some expensive tolls. Emergencies crop up and we have to...What Should an Owner-Operator Do to Keep 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 take care of my paperwork. If I didn’t do it after every load, I at least had to do it...4 Ways Freight Management Software Boosts Your Business
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?...Measure Your Trucking Business Growth
Back on Leap Day, we posted a suggestion to you to set some goals for your trucking business this year. Then we blogged about the SCHEMES action plan method to help you move toward your goals. We even suggested fuzzy dice as a way to keep focus on your goals. How...Fleet Maintenance Management
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...Owner Operators Can Reduce Bookkeeping
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...
Logistics Management Solutions: 3 Challenges Facing the Trucking Industry
TruckingOffice offers logistics management solutions for today’s transportation professionals. We continuously work to keep our software updated. We need the latest capabilities to succeed in today’s competitive business environment—without being needlessly...Mileage Accuracy for Your IFTA Tax Forms
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...Finish your IFTA in minutes, not hours
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...Owner Operators: How Are You Doing?
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...3 Challenges Truck Fleet Management Software Helps You Overcome
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...
Organizing Your Profits with the Company Overview Report
If you’re an owner-operator or running a small truck fleet, trying to figure out if you’re making money and where you’re losing it is not a simple process. Normal business accounting programs just don’t cut it. That’s why you need a...5 Problems Our Easy Trucking Software Solves
Jesse’s been building up his trucking business for a few years now. He’s got three rigs on the road at any given moment and he’s starting to feel the pinch. Was it Darryl who was picking up the load in Texas or is it Terry? Jesse is starting wake...HammerLane IFTA Tables Shutdown
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...Leap Into Goal Setting
It’s just another day on the road, right? It’s Leap Year and today’s that extra day on the road. No big deal, right? It can be just another day, but maybe this could be the day that you choose to make extra. An extra day to think about more than...Why You Should Be Looking at Your IFTA Report Now
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...
How To Organize Your Trucking Business
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...
MyTruckingCo.com – Do I need a website?
Hey, Allen, I could use some advice. I’m starting out as an owner operator and I see other trucks with websites on them. Should I get my own website? Do I need a website? Good question. You see a lot of trucks and trailers with a website on the...Selling Your Customers on You
I can’t argue with how easy it is to use a load board. You’ll find customers there, sure. But is it the best way? Depending on who you ask, we either have too many trucks on the road for the amount of shipping needed, or we don’t have nearly enough....What Every Trucker Should Know About IFTA Filing
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...3 Things Owner Operators Can Organize in the New Year
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...IFTA the Fast Way: IFTA Forms Upgrade Now Available
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...Why is record-keeping important? IFTA Audit
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?)...Last Minute Gift For Your Trucker
How Hard Is It to Buy for Your Trucker? (We know! We’re in the same boat!) Looking for a last minute gift for the trucker in your life? Want a gift that isn’t just something for the day or two, but the trucker will use every day for the next year?...How Owner Operator Trucking Software Helps You Compete
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....Shouldn’t Your Trucking Management Software Go On the Road With You?
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...Will Your Trucking Software Grow With You?
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...
What Is a Remit to Option and How Does It Work?
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...How’s Your Quarterly IFTA Fuel Tax Report Coming Along?
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...Are You Afraid of the IFTA?
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…...Want a More Efficient Business? We Have the Internet Trucking Software to Help
Our Internet trucking software can make running your business less stressful and more profitable. Here are just some of the many powerful capabilities it can give you: IFTA reporting tools that quickly and accurately show your IFTA filing data. You will never have to...Speed up Your Tax Filings with Handy IFTA Reporting Tools
Mark and Mandy have been working together for years on their trucking business – Mandy managed the billing and the paperwork at home while Mark has been on road. This year, with the kids out of the house, Mandy’s been joining Mark in the cab on a few of...The Tool Most Truckers Don’t Use Enough
What tool do you use the most in your trucking business? Your smartphone is your best tool. There are plenty of great tools out there that you could say revolutionized trucking, but I think the smartphone has changed the trucker’s life in a lot of positive ways....4 Things to Winterize that Truck Now
A friend asked me recently about the trucks she’s noticed on the roads. “Does everyone wash their trucks every day? I noticed a dirty truck on the road today – it’s the first one I’ve seen all summer.” Yep, we take pride in our...Customer Acquisition Part 2: Most Important Rule
“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...Free Load Profit Calculator for Truckers
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