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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...
Feb 23, 20225 min read
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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...
Jan 26, 20225 min read
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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...
Nov 1, 20213 min read
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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...
Oct 14, 20218 min read
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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...
Jul 15, 20214 min read
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How to Make Your Truck More Fuel Efficient
Even though semi-trucks aren’t known for their fuel efficiency, there are steps you can take to help improve how much fuel you’re using....
Jun 17, 20215 min read
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How the Latest Per Diem Changes will Affect Owner-Operators
One of the goals of the government stimulus programs has been to get restaurants back on their feet. And the good news is, one of the...
May 28, 20211 min read
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Tips for Filing an Amended Tax Return
You may have found yourself in a situation where you've completed your tax filing and realized that you missed something. If this sounds...
May 20, 20213 min read
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How Much Are You Spending on Fuel Compared to Other Owner-Operators?
As we have now talked about a few times, as an owner-operator truck driver, fuel is your most expensive controllable cost. So are you...
May 19, 20213 min read
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How to Understand and Analyze Your Biggest Cost as an Owner-Operator
For any business, the formula for increasing profits is pretty simple - you’ve got to maximize your revenue and minimize your costs. And...
May 13, 20212 min read
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Filing a Tax Extension
It is important to get your tax return to the IRS by the April 15th deadline. But what happens when meeting that deadline is just not...
May 6, 20214 min read
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The American Rescue Plan Act Of 2021 and How It Affects Owner-Operator Truck Drivers
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, also called the COVID-19 Stimulus Package, is a $1.9 trillion economic stimulus bill passed by...
Mar 20, 20219 min read
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Where Did All the Truck Drivers Go?
The trucking industry has about 80,000 fewer available drivers today compared to a year ago. Currently, the OTR truckload driver count is...
Dec 18, 20206 min read
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What Would a Nationwide A.B.5 Mean For Fleets and Owner-Operators?
Executive Summary Introduction Assembly Bill 5 (A.B. 5) is a California law that restricts businesses from classifying workers as...
Nov 16, 202012 min read
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Run Hard Now: Q4 2020
Oftentimes, when there is a boom in freight rates, we see a counter-intuitive pattern develop among the Owner Operator population....
Nov 6, 20204 min read
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5 Questions a CPA Must Know About Owner-Operator Taxes
When was the last time your CPA or tax professional updated you on the current Per Diem rates you are entitled to? Have they ever...
Oct 25, 20205 min read
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5 Common Mistakes CPAs Make With Your Business Structure
Do you know any truckers whose CPA set up a corporation for them right when they started their business, who then had to close it down a...
Oct 18, 20209 min read
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CPAs: Is Local Really Better?
How much is a handshake worth? Here at ATBS, we sometimes hear owner-operators tell us they would rather work with a local CPA or Tax...
Oct 13, 20205 min read
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Understanding Freight Market Trends
You don’t have to be an economics major to understand the basic principles of supply and demand. However, understanding and identifying...
Jun 20, 20203 min read
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The Cost of Owner-Operator Turnover
During the COVID era, driver turnover rates were at all-time lows for most carriers. Rates were up, fuel costs were down, and...
Jun 1, 20204 min read
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