Government over reach

They need to know how much you make so they know how much they can take.

 

That's weird, I have not been asked that

 

is this your personal miles and income as a driver or as an owner?

I got a transfer audit a while back that the examiner required my logs for my temp work, I waited until he appeared and asked for them and I told him I don't have any, so he asked for my customer list and I told him that's confidential because I worked for a company that employed me and has nothing to do with the audit of the authority I bought. He wasn't happy.

 

I don’t see how income has anything to do with the FMCSA.

 

The income he can extract from your tax returns NEXT YEAR after you filed them.

 

It is common. Seems like they asked for mine, but that was 10 years ago iirc. I think it’s to make sure you are not a part of a money laundering scheme. Jmo

 

They keep pushing for more and more as long as they're not challenged.

Government is like a metastasizing Cancer , it never just pauses ... It keeps trying to grow and grow , killing everything in its path.


I'd like to see where FMCSA has the authority to see any income or customer information....

... Like some sort of corrupt secret police with an unlimited mandate

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I was asked that on my audit too - mileage and revenue. I did not make a big deal out of it. They just collected some statistical data. He did not make a big deal out of my then paper logs either. He could have requested all fuel receipts or tollways registries and at least had me sit there for awhile longer.

 

The officer is probably “thinking about buying a truck” and wants to know how many riches he can make. lol

 

eCFR — Code of Federal Regulations
File Carrier Financial and Operating Statistics

49 CFR Part 369 is where they get the authority to request income and tonnage information during your audit. They ask the income question to determine what class of carrier your operation is based on annual income. If your income exceeds certain limits you then become required to submit annual reports of revenue and tonnage.

They can also require a carrier that does not meet the threshold of reportable income complete and submit the worksheet used to calculate the level of reportable income. See 369.2(5)

These are routine questions, although note that they will make this publicly disclosed information unless you request, and document a business need, for the data to remain confidential.

Is this overreach, in my opinion yes, since they do not collect or correlate this income data to a safety purpose, therefore it should be outside the scope of their authority since their mission is safety.