Authority management

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  1. AlexanderK

    AlexanderK Light Load Member

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    Due to family circumstances I will have to spend my nights at home soon and I won’t be able to be OTR that much.

    I’m in the process of launching company to provide authority management services. That’s mean I would take care for entire paperwork and back office process up to date: safety programs, billing, payroll and quarterly taxes (if needed), reconciliations, registration, IFTA and state fuel tax filings etc. This also includes physical presence at audit, if needed. With exception of dispatching: I rather owner would work on this on their own.

    I know many people would like to own their authority, their name on the door and their own schedule, however they don’t want to deal with headache of office part and record keeping requirements.

    With current arrangements with my own authority, I’ve got paperwork in file cabinet: all marked and organized by folder, and on accounting side I’m using quickbooks desktop version. I would like to do it in same way.

    I understand that some people wouldn’t want to share their financial information with someone else and I totally understand it. For this case I would sign non-disclosure agreement and “at-will” agreement meaning that clients would have ability to cancel my services at any time with no obligations.

    I’m trying to determinate what would be fair price for such services and if this is worth for me to move forward.

    Any advice much appreciated.
     
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  3. Buckeye 60

    Buckeye 60 Road Train Member

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    you could call your company landstar or mercer
     
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  5. Midwest Trucker

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    Trucking Authority Managment LLC?

    Maybe $2500 to help them get setup and $2500/yr to maintain it? I have no idea. Whatever people are willing to pay for it I guess.
     
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  6. Rideandrepair

    Rideandrepair Road Train Member

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    Basically a dispatch Service. Safety and such would need qualifying Creds to really be a selling point, I imagine. Call around See what the rates are for dispatch services.
     
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  7. Midwest Trucker

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    I think he wants to do everything BUT dispatching. So someone who books their own loads but wants the rest taken care of. Not sure about billing though. That would be a percentage of the gross I’d think.
     
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  8. Coloradoman

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    I would like to have someone do all of the back office when I get my own numbers, that's just because i have no idea on what to do and not a whole lot of information on it.
     
  9. REO6205

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    Are you going to carry a non-performance bond? Or give a written gaurantee of any kind?
    As in, if you fail to file something correctly or beyond a deadline and it costs your client money will you stand good for the monetary loss up to and including the loss of revenue ftom your client's truck being idle?
     
  10. wichris

    wichris Road Train Member

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    What experience do you have in IFTA audits and compliance reviews? Anyone can have a nice filing system and still be in violation.
     
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