Fuel Tax Reciepts

Were these places on the rez?

 

As soveriegn nations fuel tax is not collected on reservations. I'm not familiar with Murphys. What states are they in?

 

The rejection of your fuel receipts has nothing to do with the location of the business where purchased but rather with the receipts not meeting requirements.

These requirements are the receipt must show date of fuel purchase; type of fuel (diesel, gasoline, propane, etc.); name and address of seller(physical loacation ie: 1234 1st St., Fargo, ND); total fuel in gallons or litres purchased (some IFTA jurisdictions also want price); identification of vehicle (serial number, licence number, truck number); purchasers name. Altered receipts are not accepted and writing something in with a pen could be considered an alteration.

Are these locations close to you? Perhaps you could get them to issue a credit card type reciept.

IFTA is an agency for reporting fuel tax, they do not collect taxes. The taxes are collected by the states.

Some states, IN and AZ come to mind , have a higher tax on truck fuel than other vehicles eg: autos, pick ups etc. Were you paying auto fuel prices and are now being charged the difference?

 

The issue of the receipts has been covered already. A big factor is you buying fuel at the cheapest places you can. IFTA is designed around the concept of buying enough fuel in each state that would be required to travel the miles you drove in that state. Assuming you travel in several states it is better to find the best price on fuel in the state that has the highest fuel tax. Also some states do not collect all the tax at the pump, making their displayed prices artificially low when compared to neighboring states. Understanding IFTA and making good choices in your fuel purchases is just part of trucking as a business. Unless you are leased to a company that pays your taxes without charging them back to the drivers, then simply buying the cheapest fuel available is not a good strategy for an interstate driver.