Ifta

i did it myself its not that hard its a couple forums to fill out and its a few bucks, its not expensive its mostly just a paperwork requirement.

it did take me two trips to the motor carrier irp office to get it taken care of. once to pickup the paperwork then had to make a appointment for first time setup. your ifta is threw your state so the process may vary a bit from state to state.

$650 is a ripoff i don't think i spent more than a few hours getting my apportioned plates and ifta.

 

For 650 bucks it should come with 5 years of them filing the quarterlies. and even then its a ripoff.

Ifta reporting is ready basic bookkeeping. Its just a matter of tracking your miles and fuel purchases and some very basic math.

even tho i quoted you, i wasnt directing my statement at you. It was more to the general thought a lot of guys have that owing ifta at the end of the quarter is a bad thing. You are one of the guys that got their act together. Heck you are at the top of the list of who to call when this n14 gives me trouble.

 

It would be interesting to see how they going to do IFTA with electric motors. I hope to use one in my lifetime still.

 

Thats easy. A per mile tax instead of a per gallon tax.

 

I’ll do it for $250! ... but no, check out your states dept of revenue and go from there.

My state is $35 application fee, $1 each for stickers

 

We have the following taxes which in a way tax for the same thing : road usage
1. IFTA (it is a fuel tax - quarterly payments are only adjustments but it is the same tax)- miles and gallons
1a) NM fuel tax
2b) NY - whatever they call it
3c) KY - whatever they call it

2. IRP - just miles
3. HVUT - the fact of using heavy CMV

UCR - a supplement to the above

anything else I missed?

 

Oregon.
And some states have a fuel surcharge tax. You pay some tax at the pump and an additional x cents per gallon on your ifta return.

 

LOL I forgot about that one.

 

If you buy fuel in any particular state, you don’t pay tax on that fuel again. IFTA is a zero sum program, you pay tax for the fuel burned in any particular state, nothing more. It’s actually a pretty fair way to administer a fuel tax.

It sure beats the old way of having to buy fuel permits on top of tax paid when purchasing fuel.