Trucking Industry News

IRP applies if you cross state lines at 26,000+ lb GVW or 3+ axles. Here is exactly when apportioned plates are required, when single-state plates are enough, and when a trip permit covers it.

Skip one IFTA quarterly return and the cost stacks fast — $50 minimum penalty, monthly interest, and audit eligibility before you notice.

Your first IFTA return is due the last day of the month after the quarter closes. Here’s the step-by-step on per-state miles, fuel reconciliation, and what to file when.

If you only run in one state you don’t need IFTA — but the moment one trip crosses a state line, IFTA applies for the entire quarter.

You filed your own MC. UCR is the small registration that quietly closes the loop. Here is exactly how to file it — what to prepare, where to do it, and the small mistakes that turn into roadside problems.

Skipping UCR doesn’t revoke MC — but every interstate trip becomes a state-level violation, with citations $100-$5,000 and out-of-service exposure.

Single-truck owner-operator under your own MC? UCR applies — no small-fleet exemption. Here is exactly when it is required, what it costs, and what happens if you skip it.

Your MC just activated and UCR is on the to-do list — here’s exactly when it applies, the timing, and what skipping it triggers at the state line.

MC just approved? Here is the 21-day activation spine — BOC-3, insurance, UCR, IFTA, IRP, MCS-150 — sequenced and what blocks first interstate trip.