VIDEO: Filing Your Taxes and Running Your Trucking Business Successfully in 2023
ATBS President and CEO Todd Amen and Truckstop's Chief Relationship Officer Brent Hutto have a detailed discussion about how to be a...
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- Dec 15, 2022
- 5 min
Back to the Basics of Running Your Trucking Business
By: Mike Hosted, VP, ATBS From May 2020 until April 2022, we saw the biggest and longest freight boom in the history of trucking. Most...
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- Nov 23, 2022
- 2 min
Connecting With Your Customers
Recently, I had the privilege of getting an inside look at how ATBS, a corporate tax and consulting company, functions. Being a truck...
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- Sep 26, 2022
- 6 min
How Have Owner-Operators Performed so Far in 2022?
Twice a year, ATBS provides an analysis of the financial trends for owner-operators in the trucking industry. With 2022 bringing...
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- Jul 22, 2022
- 6 min
Forecasting Insurance Costs for Fleets & Owner-Operators
It’s no secret that insurance rates in the trucking industry are rising. These increases have impacted both our fleet partners and our...
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- Jul 19, 2022
- 2 min
Incorporation: What an Owner-Operator Needs to Know
For an owner-operator who wants to grow a successful business, there are benefits to forming a Limited Liability Company (LLC). An LLC...
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- Jul 19, 2022
- 5 min
The Next Step: Your Own Authority
Originally featured on Team Run Smart Jumping from being an owner-operator leased on with a motor carrier to actually becoming the motor...
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- Jul 8, 2022
- 3 min
Differentiating Your Trucking Company From the Competition
When you want to sell your service, you won’t be able to persuade anyone to work with you until you fully understand what it is that your...
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- Jul 5, 2022
- 2 min
Networking Tips for Truck Drivers
Networking in business is a way to establish and build relationships with colleagues that can be mutually beneficial in both growing your...
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- Jul 1, 2022
- 2 min
Branding Your Trucking Business
Branding for a small trucking company is just as important as it is for big trucking fleets. It’s the way you will define your business,...
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- May 12, 2022
- 4 min
Five Steps to Start a Trucking Business with One Truck
Making the transition from company driver to owner-operator is a big step. You will now be your own boss and will need to set yourself up...
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- Mar 12, 2022
- 5 min
How Does The Rising Cost of Fuel Impact Your Business?
Find out how to manage rising fuel costs in your owner-operator business
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- Feb 23, 2022
- 5 min
Setting Your Contractors Up for Success: 7 Things You Can't Leave Out
Whether you're working with first-time lease-purchase independent contractors, or small fleets with their own operating authority, having...
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- Jan 26, 2022
- 5 min
How to Run Smarter in 2022
Near the end of 2020, we published an article “Run Hard Now” that attempted to portray the need for independent contractors to take...
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- Nov 1, 2021
- 3 min
How Truck Load Choice Affects an Owner-Operator's Fuel Costs
Fuel is expensive right now. This causes owner-operators to change how they manage truck load choices. There are two main factors we will...
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- Oct 14, 2021
- 8 min
Common Business Questions for Owner-Operators
Here is a list of the most commonly asked business questions we receive from owner-operators, and our answers to those questions. Q: How...
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- Oct 6, 2021
- 3 min
How to Use the ATBS Mobile App
The ATBS Mobile App makes working with us even easier! With this app, you’ll be able to easily call or email your business consultant,...
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- Oct 4, 2021
- 5 min
How Much Do Truck Drivers Make?
Asking “How much do truck drivers make?” is not an easy question. This is because the amount of money a truck driver can make varies...
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- Jul 26, 2021
- 1 min
The Best and Worst States for Outbound Freight
As a truck driver, you want to always be pulling a load. This means that after you deliver a shipment, you want to be loading up a new...
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- Jul 15, 2021
- 4 min
How Does the IFTA Reporting System Work?
What is IFTA? The International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) is a pact between the lower 48 states and the ten Canadian provinces that...
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