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@Accidental Trucker... Thanks for that SUPER CLEAR response.

 

Which IFTA App?

 

If you pay your own IFTA are you looking at cheapest pump price after you factor the tax out? It does make a difference.

 

As others have said you pay each states fuel tax per gallon burned in that state no matter where you buy your fuel, based on your trucks mpg generated by your IFTA report. Often your best savings are going to be in a state with higher fuel tax that is near the state border of a state with a much lower tax. Therefore the truck stop in the state with higher tax will not mark up the fuel as much to try and remain competitive. After you take the tax out of both states the state with the higher tax is often the cheaper fuel. It is hard to grasp at first, but with the Fuel Book app it is easier. My company files and pays fuel tax on the fleet as a whole, therefore I buy fuel that has the cheapest pump price with tax included. If they figured each truck seperatly I would buy it with tax taken out first.

I ran a sample trip from LA to Columbus Oh figuring both ways and you can see that the top several places to fuel changed. Sometimes the top places to fuel won't change depending on your route when factoring tax out.

 

The general rule of thumb is to try and purchase the cheapest fuel before tax. You are going to pay either at the pump or quarterly so the only thing that matters is the actual cost of fuel pre tax. The way the Ifta system is set up there is no way to "gain" the system. Just buy the cheapest fuel no matter what the pump price is.

 

Man your not kidding. Indiana is like touching a hot stove....you only do it once.

 

Seriously !!!! Your being bent over by your accountant find someone who knows what their or your sctewing up your fuel buyd!

 

so am I supposed to buy the cheapest less ifta price?