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Trucking Guide For How Owner-Operators File Taxes

How to File Taxes for Owner-Operators

This page has outdated content. We’ve kept it for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. Learning how to file taxes as an owner-operator can be stressful while trying to run a successful trucking business. Since you own your trucking business, you are responsible for preparing your trucking company’s tax return.…

Trucking Guide to the Unwritten Rules of the Road

The Unwritten Rules Truckers Should Know

The secret rules truckers have taken years to figure out and master, especially as a new trucker who has only had a few hauls. Although a lot of unwritten rules of the road take experience and time to figure out, here’s a brief rundown on what you should be doing as a trucker in the…

Trucking Guide to the ELD Mandate

The Trucker’s Guide to the ELD Mandate

This page has outdated content. We’ve kept it for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. On December 18, 2017, the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) Mandate took effect in the U.S. trucking industry. Surely, as a member of the transportation industry, you’ve heard a great deal of (predominantly negative) chatter about…

Trucking Guide to Truck Driver Salaries

How Much Money Does a Truck Driver Make?

This page has outdated content. We’ve kept it for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. The Income/Salary of a Truck Driver Truck driving salary remains low despite increasing demand There is a troubling condition developing in the U.S. economy that has received a great deal of press over the last…

93.5 million highway miles traveled every year by truck drivers

Out-of-this-World Facts about the Trucking Industry

This page has outdated content. We’ve kept it for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. Do you know how many highway miles the trucking industry travels each year? The size of the trucking shortage? How many trips to the moon the trucking industry makes each year? Trucking Industry Facts Check…

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Uber Freight: The New Freight Broker on the Block

This page has outdated content. We’ve kept it for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. Uber Freight has successfully changed the way online load boards are accessed and utilized. By taking inspiration from their successful ride-sharing app and transitioning it to be trucker-centric, Uber has designed a way for drivers…

Do Truckers Want the Government to Raise the Gas Tax?

This page has outdated content. We’ve kept it for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. Trump Toys with the Idea of Raising the Gas Tax When the federal government decides to levy a higher tax on gasoline and fuel, nobody feels it like the trucking industry. Accordingly, when the President…

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Recent Events Remind Truckers of the Importance of Highway Safety

This page has outdated content. We’ve kept it for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. Trouble on I-88 Sends Reminder to Drivers Some tragic news this week has casted a shadow over the trucking industry. On Friday, April 21, truck driver Eduardo Munoz was capriciously gunned down while driving a…

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The Must-Attend Trucking Industry Events of 2017

Editor’s note: This article contains outdated content but has been left up for anyone searching for this information. Check the EZ Invoice Factoring blog section to find our more recent content. The first quarter of 2017 has already come and gone—and amidst all of the stresses of running a small trucking company or working as an owner-operator,…

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English Proficiency to Become More Crucial with ELD Mandate

This page has outdated content. We’ve kept it for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. In past articles, we have addressed the significant role that immigrants play in the trucking industry. With a troubling trucking shortage looming over the industry, immigrants have stepped in to bolster the truck driver population.…

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Is the Trucking Shortage a Self-Inflicted Wound?

This page has outdated content. We’ve kept it for informational purposes only. Please refer to our blog for updated content. The growing truck driver shortage has been working against the trucking industry for quite some time now. And, with approximately 70% of the country’s tonnage transported by trucks, economists, supply chain managers and consumers everywhere…

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How Will Donald Trump’s Plans Impact the Trucking Industry?

Editor’s Note: This article contains outdated content, but has been left up for anyone searching for this information. Check the Factor Finders blog section to find our more recent content. Donald Trump and the Trucking Industry While many didn’t see it coming, Donald Trump secured himself a comfortable victory in the 2016 U.S. Presidential elections.…

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