- IFTA
- IFTA is an agreement that lets carriers report fuel taxes for multiple jurisdictions through a single quarterly return.
Rather than filing separately everywhere you run, IFTA lets a qualifying carrier file one return with their base jurisdiction, which distributes the tax.
The return depends on two records kept all quarter: miles run in each jurisdiction, and fuel purchased in each.
Reconstructing either at quarter end is where the pain comes from. Capturing fuel receipts and load mileage as they happen removes it.
The return works by reconciling fuel bought in each jurisdiction against miles driven there, so a quarter where the receipts and the mileage disagree is where an assessment comes from.
The underlying records have to be kept for four years and are what an audit examines. The quarterly filing is only the summary of them.
The two questions this page does not answer — when the return is actually due, and which trucks are in scope — are answered on our IFTA page with the agreement and the state revenue departments linked, rather than restated here on our own authority.
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