James L. Watts, president of Watts Trucking Service, has been charged by the federal government with owing more than $30 million in unpaid employment and unemployment taxes, according to a civil suit filed in U.S. District Court, Davenport, IA...More
The International Fuel Tax Agreement, or IFTA, was actually established to make paying state and provincial fuel taxes easier for fleets to deal with...More
Even in this age when we measure the Federal deficit in trillions of dollars, the difference between $556 billion and $230 billion is a lot of money...More
Fuelman, a division of FleetCor, is offering a free whitepaper about state and provincial fuel taxes called “Fleet Fuel Taxes: An expert answers questions from fleets.” Available online, the Q&A-style whitepaper is intended to address questions about the International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) which impacts many fleets in the U.S. and Canada...More
The American Trucking Assns. (ATA), is strongly endorsing an increase in fuel taxes as it holds such taxes offer the most efficient and cost-effective way to fund highway infrastructure needs, for both the average motorist and freight haulers alike...More
The silver lining may be a ways off. The current storm is unlike the others we have seen in several ways. The duration, the breadth, the sectors involved,...More
With congestion pressuring most urban and suburban areas in the country and the federal government unable to properly fund normal repairs, no less highway...More
The National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission proposed an annual 5 to 8% increase in the nation's fuel taxes for the next five...More
Getting consensus in Washington often is difficult, but one issue that both parties and all stakeholders agree upon is that our roads are in poor condition,...More
