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  1. Turtle

    Deadhead miles to the Pick Up Miles Deductable?

    You need to talk to a tax professional who understands and works with trucking, but yes, all of your non-personal, business related miles are deductible.
  2. Turtle

    Is expediting feasible?

    I'm so confused. But let's say the 150k is gross. Rule of Thirds says you'll only pocket a third of that. And you won't gross 150k in a van, regardless. If you're really good and really experienced and know where to sit and are with a really good carrier and all the planets are aligned just so...
  3. Turtle

    Seeking info on forming my own authority.

    As part of your analyzing things to death, don't forget to to analyze where your loads will be coming from, and how you're going to collect timely payments for them.
  4. Turtle

    Please help me

    If you really and truly understand the industry, yes. Xiggi beat me to it. But a more pointed answer would be, about one-third of the linehaul.
  5. Turtle

    Saving Receipts for Warranty

    Walmart can be a little weird on that, because they get scammed a lot on return. They generally will want to mark the original receipt somehow showing that an item on the receipt has been returned. Most places, certainly most big box stores, can look up and print out an original for you, if...
  6. Turtle

    A good way to lose your credibility- Don't make this mistake.

    It's a little less wordy than Used to be a Member But Isn't Anymore, and a little less harsh than Banned.
  7. Turtle

    The paper map: Obsolete? Or old school trucker standby still?

    The video at the bottom of the article is one to watch. I'm not sure why the author enclosed official in quotes, though, as if he's using the word ironically or with some reservation, since the official name for mapmaker is actually cartographer. Be that as it may, the 15% figure is one that I...
  8. Turtle

    Paying your drivers

    Direct deposit
  9. Turtle

    Need new software

    Especially with an Apple product, as they'll just upgrade the OS, damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead. At least Microsoft has historically been pretty good about backwards compatibility, and/or the software will have update patches for it. I'd try one or all of the above. You can still run...
  10. Turtle

    Need new software

    I use the latest version of Quicken Home and Business, but like many other Quicken users I'm rapidly becoming less and less satisfied with it. It is unbelievably annoying at times. You must login locally, which then logs into Quicken's servers, before you can download transactions from your...
  11. Turtle

    Need new software

    Money Dance is a good one. Popular with Mac users. It's pretty full-featured option. At $50 it isn’t free, but that reflects in the polish of the program. It is updated regularly, well supported, and in many ways seems to have the reputation for being all the things that Quicken isn’t. It is...
  12. Turtle

    A good way to lose your credibility- Don't make this mistake.

    If one of your neighbors' houses burns down anytime soon, you in big trubble.
  13. Turtle

    Introducing FinanceGuy

    "The Finance Guy" hasn't even logged on here in more than 3 years, so even calling him a "user" is a bit of a stretch. :D
  14. Turtle

    (Pointer) New Trucks, GVWR, Pusher Axles, and FET......again

    A pointer thread to the discussion on adding pusher axles, which also has tax ramifications. http://www.expeditersonline.com/forums/threads/new-trucks-gvwr-pusher-axles-and-fet-again.66775/
  15. Turtle

    Taxes

    Webbly is from another country, and may even be a bot. In any even, he's no longer with us.
  16. Turtle

    Re:Tolls

    Re: Tolls It's my understanding that pass-through income, like tolls, apply to employees and not to independent contractors. So if toll reimbursements show up on your 1099 as ordinary income, which 1099 payments are, you can cancel it out by taking the toll expense deduction.
  17. Turtle

    credit repair service

    You're the one who brought them up. You stated what you claimed to be facts, even called them facts, then said there's a difference between our version and what actually happens, and chided us about having opinions that were different from the facts. When you said, "...but the facts are.." we...
  18. Turtle

    credit repair service

    Well, let me ask you this... have you ever uttered (or written) those "magic words" about an account that was yours, and you knew it was yours, but you said those "magic words" about the account anyway? Just doing a little fact-finding is all. :)
  19. Turtle

    credit repair service

    Yes, you can dispute anything you feel is in error, but if you state the magic words, "this is not my account", and the account is, in fact, your account, and you know it, that's fraud. The US Code of Federal Regulations define fraud as intentional deception made for personal gain or to damage...
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