Own authority question..

Not to be a smart **** but you did actually read how the authority works?

ALL drivers are supposed to have a file and in that file is supposed to be an app.

 

You need to talk to a tax professional.

 

If you want to file taxes like you normally do when you set up your LLC and get your tax ID number from the IRS make sure that you Axtell them you want to be taxed as a sole proprietor, you can register as a LLC but still get taxed a 1090 like sole proprietor

 

Yes, you are now an employee of your trucking company. You need to fill out an application and put it in a personal file. As far as the drug testing goes, you need to be involved in a drug test consortium. Odds are the place that you took your pee test has such a program for O/O with their authority. Concentra is who I used up here in the Detroit area, there was no charge to be added to the testing pool. If you have yet to go through your safety audit, you sound like a good candidate for Foley Services. I used them to get through my audit and then dropped them.

 

Call my gal, Connie Wortman, Willis & Jurasek, https://willispc.com

Give her a call and tell here Mike from Waterloo MI told you to contact her. She has done my taxes for years, and was there when I went from driver, to a lease op to an o/o with my own authority. She is very familiar with the trucking industry, she worked for one of the Mega Carriers at one time in accounting. They work in all states, have attorneys on staff and have an incredibly good reputation. Also, they do not charge a retainer fee, it is pay as you go and very reasonable. Give her a call, she knows her stuff.