Drive-through income tax for trucks

Cybergal · May 21, 2008

Want fries with that? States charge drive-through income tax for trucks
5/20/08

Michael Heim was stunned by a letter he received in early March.
Nebraska authorities sent notice that because Heims trucks had driven through the state, the Nebraska Department of Revenue was considering levying an income tax on his business, even though Heim had no customers and made no stops.

We pay our UCR fees, we pay road tax, appropriation fees, part of our IRP license fees goes to Nebraska, Heim told Land Line.
We pay fuel tax, and were running mostly I-80 which is a federal highway. We dont do any pickups or deliveries here; we dont have a terminal in Nebraska. To me, Nebraska is reaching.
Increasingly, states such as Nebraska and New Mexico are aggressively digging for revenue from businesses small and large that work, operate or merely pass through their borders.

Increased enforcement of pass-through income taxes will likely have a domino effect, as states where trucking companies are based realize theyre losing revenue to other states, said Rick Craig, OOIDAs director of regulatory affairs.
This is clearly a burden on interstate commerce that OOIDA believes violates the U.S. Constitution, Craig said. The time and cost of filing various state tax returns alone is enough to drive a small trucking company out of business!

The letter to Heim stated that Nebraskas Department of Revenue has sufficient information in its possession to begin an examination of your books and records for tax information. Revenue Agent Michael Grauf said he wanted Heim to fill out a questionnaire to determine if further review will be required.

A few weeks later, a second letter to Heim Trucking stated that, in fact, the state determined the company did owe income tax. A revenue agent told Heim that the Nebraska law allowing the state to collect income tax from trucking companies was approved years ago, but that enforcement is beginning this year.
More here.................... http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_news/Daily/2008/May08/051908/052008-01.htm
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old-six-pack · May 21, 2008

i bet you all are wondering where i think nebraska can go , don't you??????????????????????????????

bigredinternational · May 21, 2008

But your government is out of control and all case law to date from those 9 geniuses in the DC say states can do this all day long. Trucking companies just became the next AllStar ball players. What happened to taxes being efficient?

Lurchgs · May 21, 2008

this should be fun in court.

I agree, though. If I were an O/O or had my own authority, NE could kiss that part of my anatomy you never want to see. It would almost certainly be cheaper to route around the state - even with the high fuel prices.

Which makes me wonder if that's not part of it. NE feels that fuel prices are high enough that truckers WON'T go around, so they can be Jerks (yes, with a capital 'J')

dancnoone · May 22, 2008

Holy S#### what next? At least MicroSoft is in on the fight...wheew.

I know the trucking industry has been having some hard times, Conroy said. For companies that have had net operating losses, theyre not going to owe the state any money, but they do need to file their returns every year to substantiate that.
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Is this code for, we don't want to be squeezing blood from a turnip? Or are they taking their share before the party of "change" gets theirs next year.

Brickman · May 22, 2008

old-six-pack said: ↑

i bet you all are wondering where i think nebraska can go , don't you??????????????????????????????
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Any body around here know why the wind blows like it does in WY?

On a serious note this is BS and will cause me to drive around the losers.

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