I understand the basic concept of this tax. Is this something a single O/O has to comply with? If so, how do you keep track of miles or gallons in each district?
Yes if you run your own authority. I use the ELD miles and run a fuel report from my fuel card for total gallons purchased in each state. if you’re leased on your carrier will do it and charge you for any taxes owed.
If you are old school you can write down the mileage for each state and how many gallons are purchased in each state and keep a running total or use an Excel spreadsheet.
If you use only one fuel card it's easy to get the gallons off of your statement each week. I just write down the odometer pre-trip and post-trip, and reset the trip meter for each state line, then write it down at the end of the day. I have it all on an Excel spreadsheet.
I get my gallons by going to my online fuel account and generating a report showing the amount of gallons I purchased per state for the quarter. As for the miles, I’m still doing it old-school, recording the odometer every time I cross a stateline. I usually record it about 5 miles before I hit a stateline, and then confirm the number when I cross. I don’t trust the ELD for tracking miles since the last time I compared it with my own miles. There was a discrepancy of around 2% (if I remember correctly), and like 2 states were missing miles altogether. I’m sure the technology will get better, though.
I think he’s just stating how it should be, not that it is the case. In other words, he doesn’t agree single o/o should pay the IFTA tax.
Like someone stated before, I use my Eld ifta mileage reports for miles in each state and use my Fuel card reports for fuel bought in each state . It's a easy process and takes minutes to do once you get the hang of it .
