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Depends on the carrier, day of week, week of month, number of trucks in area, etc, etc, etc. Delivered in Sacramento this morning and got dispatched out one hour later. It does not work that way all the time but it is nice when it does.

Drivers empowered by stupidity seem never to run out of fuel.

Too late. We already have been audited by the Minnesota pro-rate office (or whatever it is called). It was no big deal. All they wanted was the miles we have driven in each state for the audit period. We know to track that because early in our expediting career, a fleet owner told us. When our...

Expediters have more in common than they have in difference. How is a FedEx Custom Critical contractor more insulated from the day-to-day happenings of expediting than a Load-1 contractor or a Landstar Express America BCO? What day-to-day happenings are you talking about exactly that "most of...

I have known for a long time that New York charges a mileage tax (state highway use tax) to trucks that most other states do not. But I only learned today that toll-paid miles driven on the New York State Thruway are mileage tax exempt. I also learned that our carrier will do the paperwork that...

Bless you, brother! When Diane and I were with FedEx Custom Critical, we got to know the hard way a shipper who happily booked a truck to have one if needed, and then canceled the run if it was not. This shipper was located in remote Texas and we would not know if the load would cancel until we...

Let's be clear about what "we all point out to newbies." Sitting and waiting is part of the deal for this expediter team when Diane and I have delivered a load and are next waiting for a load offer to come in. Sitting and waiting when the shipper or consignee is responsible for the sitting and...

True enough, but also be grateful for the first responders who had the equipment and wherwithal to keep that spill from becoming something much worse.

You can put some extra money in your pocket if you revisit this understanding. "Pass through" is used in a variety of contexts. In this context, we are talking here about how sole proprietors can treat tolls as a deductible business expense; whether or not they are reimbursed by a carrier. In...

Before I accept as correct your explanation of "pass through," I want to see the IRS instruction that talks about it. I have never seen a carrier issue a Form 1099 with anything on it except income. That number is reduced by listing expenses on your Schedule C (for a sole proprietorship). The...

It sounds more to me like the carrier's mistake and corrective action by a seasoned pro.

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You are mistaken. See post #13 above.

Are you sure about that? We need to draw a distinction here. The receipt does not give you the right to take a deduction. Payment of the toll does. A receipt is proof that the deducted expense was incurred, not the expense itself. Who paid the toll? I did. Who incurred the expense? I did...

Let's clear up the tax questions about tolls and then get back to the original questions if we can. A toll paid to drive your truck on a toll road (bridge, tunnel) is an expense. It does not matter if it is reimbursed by your carrier. It does not matter if you pay it under load or on deadhead...

Diane and I have been off the road on vacation for the last two months and are just now beginning to run. Significant hikes in tolls have taken effect after January 1 that we encountered for the first time this year on a run to the Northeast. The size of the hikes is obscene! A few years ago...

Back on the road hauling freight again! Our Florida vacation is over. Did not miss all of winter but avoided a good chunk of it (Jan and Feb). That leaves 10 months in 2012 to earn our pay for the year.

It is interesting that a new entrant into the trucking industry who will have many options with his new Class A CDL is drawn to expedted freight. May I ask, what is it about expediting that interests you? What appeals to you in expediting that you do not see in other sectors of the trucking...

Wow! Diane and I don't bank there and I don't think we ever will. I shudder to think how many people out there know or can find out the last four digits of someone's social security number. Someone who did would only be a user name guess away from gaining full access to that account.

The following quote came from another thread. I moved it here so as not to get off topic in that thread. I'm not sure I get your meaning. When Diane and I entered the business in 2003, we did so as drivers of a fleet owner's truck. We had no trucking experience whatsoever. From the very...