Registration ????

Not sure what registration your refering to...??? If you mean that your going to get your own plates then there is an estimated milage chart that you use for the first application. Simply pu the estimated milage in the columns and put an E for estimated. They should have been able to explain that.

 

are you getting your own plates for the first time????? if so then you can only give estimated milage

 

You can estimate the first time, I would ask someone in the office fora good estimate of what the other O/O's are doing. After that, if your company handles the fuel tax, they will be able to supply you with the actual miles you ran.

 

I believe most states have a schedule for the estimated mileage for the first IRP filing. That's what happened when I did it the first time.

The cost for running less states depends on the states you run, I believe. I am currently only tagged in five states and it costs me about a grand. When I tagged for all 48, it was a little less than $1,700 if I remember right.

Just make sure you get all the stAtes you need. I have a buddy that runs the same loads I do most of the time, so he tagged 5 states too. He missed out on a load he wanted to run on a Sunday. It wasn't a real big deal, because we had plenty of stuff to do, but if he had really needed that load, it could've been a problem for him.

 

These links should help:

http://www.txdmv.gov/publications/vehicle_titles_and_registration/txirp-info.pdf

http://www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/taxforms/ap-178.pdf

Texas has online IRP registration. Don't need to go to the DMV office.

You'll also need to open an IFTA account that links to your base plate. If you are planning to lease on with a carrier, you can get a letter from them stating that you will be running under the carrier's IFTA number.