BD69: The Owner Operator Chronicles

And it probably didn’t cost $900 a month either! LOL!

 

Well when ya facter in the divorce on the " spreadsheet" it was probably more .lol

 

Yea they ain’t cheap that’s forsure!

 

That was the first divorce lol....no more trailer park girls for me .

 

Good post Scooter, but I am a bit befuddled........IFTA is not a separate expense, but rather part of the fuel cost. I usually receive a tiny bit back each quarter because I purchase more fuel than I burn in states with higher state tax, because once the tax is subtracted the actual cost for fuel is less.

I do not run in Oregon anymore; is this quarterly IFTA expense unique to those who run in Oregon because of Oregon PUC (if I remember correctly I used to have to have a separate Oregon plate, and paid a mileage fee)? Or does his company charge him an administrative fee for tracking and filing IFTA?

 

Usually it's because one doesn't buy an equivalent to mpg amount of fuel while running in CA & WA.

Thinking you're saving money by purchasing fuel in OR (which doesn't include road tax) but in reality, those other states are going to get theirs one way or the other.

The OR PUC I listed is the weight mileage tax, which is up to almost $0.21 per mile now.

 

And yes, that should be in the variable section

 

I did not mean to contradict what you produced, just wondered about how Oregon affected the equation.
We see throughout this forum people talk about IFTA costs, and I wonder if folks understand that one must subtract that particular state's fuel tax from the total price in order to compare the actual cost of fuel between states.