by TruckingOffice | Sep 10, 2018 | Trucking Software
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?...
by TruckingOffice | Sep 4, 2018 | Trucking Software
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...
by TruckingOffice | Aug 27, 2018 | ELD, Electronic Logging Device, Safety
With the ELD mandate’s implementation now nearly a year old, owner-operator truck drivers have installed electronic logbooks on their trucks. And while many might be feeling bogged down, overwhelmed, or even frustrated with the requirements of the mandate, there’s...
by TruckingOffice | Aug 20, 2018 | Trucking Software
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...
by TruckingOffice | Aug 13, 2018 | ELD, HVUT, Trucking Management Software
When is the HVUT due? Short answer: August 31. Probably there’s another question: What’s an HVUT? A heavy vehicle use tax is collected by the US government once a year. It’s based on the weight of your equipment. The table below illustrates these...
by TruckingOffice | Aug 6, 2018 | ELD
What’s the best investment of a trucker’s time? If the measure of success is profit – then the best investment of a trucker’s time has to be driving. There’s the power of the ELD data – to know and understand what a trucker is...
by TruckingOffice | Jul 30, 2018 | IFTA Filing
It’s nearly the end of the IFTA filing month. As I’m writing this, there’s about 50 hours left until the July 31st deadline. That IFTA sticker is the way you make money – but it’s also the way that you’re stuck filling out forms...
by TruckingOffice | Jul 23, 2018 | IFTA, IFTA Filing, Trucking Software
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...
by TruckingOffice | Jul 16, 2018 | Trucking Software
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. ...
by TruckingOffice | Jul 9, 2018 | Trucking Software
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. ...
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