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    Tax question for non married team drivers

    Me and my friend are buying a sprinter and will be driving it as a team. My question is how do we set up properly in order to do taxes. I heard a partnership Is the easiest way with a joint account, another thing I heard is have the money go into one account and then 1099 my co driver, (which...
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    Dkp express and other questions

    Hey guys I know dkp express advertises on here and I'm thinking of maybe going on board with them since they are one of the few companies that hire out of California. My question is are they any good? Has anyone here worked for them? Another question I have is besides a sprinter what other...
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    Alltypes expediting

    Damn, I guess they suck then. What is a good company to run for considering the fact that I'm in California ?
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    Alltypes expediting

    Has anyone ever heard of or worked for this company before? How was it ? "Expedite delivery, cargo vans and truckloads. Air freight, nationwide network. ALL TYPES Expediting"
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    Which company to use to help get authority ?

    The brokers are pretty good but I'm not jumping the gun just yet until I have all my ducks in line and will see if it's worth it in the long run
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    Which company to use to help get authority ?

    Hey tknight can you give me a list of which exact papers I'm gonna need to fill out just so I have an idea?
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    Which company to use to help get authority ?

    Not planning on having a van payment, will have the title to it and paid in full before atrempting anything . Honestly I need to make 1500 a week profit for it to be worth it, otherwise I'll just stick to what I'm doing now
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    Going independent

    No van payment, plan on having it fully paid off
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    Which company to use to help get authority ?

    For the independent vanners out there that have there own authority im just curious which company have you guys used to help you get it? I was checking out progressive reporting company, they look pretty legitement. And also what insurance company is good to get for the van and cargo? One that...
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    Going independent

    I agree, it's hard to make money when the load only pays .60-.70 cents a mile
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    Is it worth it?

    Hey everyone I'm new to this board, I used to be a company semi truck driver, and lately I been thinking of getting me a sprinter van and doing expediting work. The biggest attraction for me in getting a cargo van instead of a semi is that fact that you don't have to log and stop at the scales...
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    Going independent

    I understand it's a though business to get into but you have to start somewhere.
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    Going independent

    Ok that makes sense, thanks for the Info turtle, eventually I would like to add more vans and hire drivers if business goes good of course, which in your opinion would be better to register, Corp, llc, etc since I know those get taxed differently? And generally speaking as a independent sole...
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    Going independent

    Ok that's kinda what I was thinking myself, thanks for the input. Another question I have is, is there a difference between an owner operator and a carrier? My understanding is An oo that's leased on to a company without own authority will get 1099ed and the end of the year, and one with own...
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    Going independent

    With commercial plates will I need to pull in through weight stations that say "all commercial vehicles" need to stop? Or something similar. Thanks for the input
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    Going independent

    The other posts on here that I was looking through seemed to be giving me different and mixed answers
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    Going independent

    I guess I'm in the right place lol
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    Going independent

    Hey guys I'm new here and will be asking real basic and simple rookie questions, thanks for bearing with me I'm just trying to get as much info as I possibly can. I'm thinking of getting me a sprinter 2500 van and going independent without leasing on to any companies, what does it take to get...
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