IFTA and Lease Operators

Actually Swift's contracts are pretty staight forward ... Long but simple. It states right in the contract that Swift will take any any discounts they negotiate on fuel purchases.

Debate wether Swift is ripping people off by not paying it, is like debating that one company is ripping people off by paying a penny less than another company that is paying a penny more.

Swift provides a very detailed IFTA accounting monthly. Miles run by state, fuel purchases by state, taxes paid by state and taxes owed. Swift also supplies a real time online record of all fuel purchases - not hard to bounce the 2 together and reconcile your IFTA taxes.

 

They are keeping track of my IFTA miles, not lumping me in with the entire fleet. I had just one load for the month of February, here is the breakdown--


State-Miles---Mileage Tax Rate--Diesel Fuel Consumed
CA----342------0.000-------------49.1
OR----357-------0.1316------------0.0
WA----98--------0.000------------14.1 Mileage
State Rate/Gal--Gal Used--MPG Used--Mileage Tax Amount
CA----0.39-------49.1--------6.97--------0.00
OR----0.0---------0.0--------6.97---------46.98
WA---0.3750-----14.1--------6.97---------0.0
Fuel Tax Amount
CA---19.49
OR---0.00
WA---5.29

I should add that I had gone up into Washington bobtail to visit family.In other words, I wasn't dispatched, I didn't tell my DM I was going to do that, they just keep track of that stuff right down to the last inch for each truck.

 

Thank You. Thats what I was wondering.

Some companies offer a fsc loaded and empty. What they aren't telling you is they cut the fsc in half. So you get 22cpm loaded and then 22cpm empty. Sounds good to some people, until you start doing the math on it. If you run equal amounts of empty miles as you do loaded you basically make the same as getting 44cpm loaded and none empty. But when you do very little deadheading you are getting ripped off. I was hoping swift wasn't doing that.

Actually no that debate is not the same, sorry. But if it states it in the contract and you sign it, then you accepted it.

 

Com se com sa ... exactly the point. It's in the contract. Accept it or don't sign. Nothing was hidden nor any attempt was made to confuse.

 

Congratulations on the mpg. What weight are you registered at? OR ton mile tax seems a tad light for 80,000 lbs. I thought it was $.1638.

 

Don't know how Swift does it and don't know if it is still practiced today but in 85-87 when I was leased to Getter company trucks and O/Os were lumped together for fuel tax purposes. I used to get charged for states I was never in. Our freight was in the $5-$10 range and nobody much cared.

 

Regardless that you signed it, its still a ripoff! In no way shape or form should a company be making money off of your fuel purchase! I don't care what company it is.

Scottie has the right idea, pay cash! Then they won't get any money back from your purchase. But I'd have to bet if enough of you did that, Swift would start making it mandatory to use the card or be fired.

I won't comment on the Prime deal cause it would really throw this thread off coarse.