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A Comprehensive Guide to Buying a Semi Truck
Buying a semi-truck is a big and exciting decision in your trucking career. Before you get started, it's crucial to understand the...
Aug 2, 20244 min read
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Protect Yourself and Your Credit Card
Credit card fraud has drastically increased over the past few years. This means it's more important than ever to protect your personal...
May 6, 20242 min read
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How Did Owner-Operators Perform in 2023?
2023 proved to be a difficult year with low freight volumes and rates in both the spot and contract markets. The question now is… where...
Mar 20, 20246 min read
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6 Steps to Eliminate Credit Card Debt
Not to mention, it will take you years to pay it off. So what do you do?
Mar 14, 20243 min read
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How to Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck
No one really wants to live worrying about money from one check to the next. It takes hard work and dedication, but the cycle can be...
Feb 27, 20242 min read
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The Four Step Plan to Tackling Expenses
An owner-operator's No. 1 challenge today is keeping more of their hard-earned money. We’d like to tackle this problem by listing four...
Feb 15, 20243 min read
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Everything You Need to Know About Self-Employment Tax
If you are a company driver, you probably receive a paycheck every two weeks. From that paycheck, certain payroll taxes are withheld....
Jan 16, 20243 min read
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Planning Vacations Around Freight and Your Budget
As an owner-operator truck driver, you work long hours. You are often on the road for weeks at a time. Being able to take a week or two...
Dec 28, 20232 min read
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10 Tips to Follow If You Receive a Letter From the IRS
Each year the IRS mails millions of notices and letters to taxpayers. Here are the top 10 tips to know in case you get one.
Aug 8, 20232 min read
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What is an Offer in Compromise?
It can be scary, intimidating, overwhelming, and exhausting to address a tax debt that has gone untended for some time, or one that...
May 30, 20234 min read
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Can Truck Drivers Claim Social Security Benefits While Working?
As an owner-operator truck driver, you may be approaching retirement age and wondering if you can collect Social Security benefits (SSB)...
May 25, 20233 min read
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4 Steps to Ensure a Successful Tax Return
The end of the year is quickly approaching, which means it’s time to start thinking about taxes.
Nov 1, 20223 min read
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Common Tax Questions for Owner-Operators
Here is a list of the most commonly asked tax questions we've received from owner-operators, and our answers.
May 12, 20226 min read
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Bookkeeping for Owner-Operator Truck Drivers
Bookkeeping is an important part of running your business as an owner-operator truck driver. It allows you to keep your financial...
May 12, 20225 min read
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Accounting for Owner-Operator Truck Drivers
Accounting is the process of recording, measuring, and communicating information about the financial transactions taking place in a...
May 11, 20222 min read
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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...
Oct 4, 20215 min read
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Managing Your Cash Flow & Your Fuel
As an owner-operator, one of the most important pieces of your business that you need to manage is your cash flow. How much money (cash)...
Jul 23, 20213 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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What Does Fuel Mean to You?
Fuel: What does it mean to you? For many owner-operators, fuel is simply their largest annual business expense - a necessary evil on the...
Apr 1, 20212 min read
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Tax Preparer for Truckers: What Should You Look For?
The last thing any trucker wants to think about is filing their taxes or wondering if they have found a good tax preparer who knows...
Jan 17, 20213 min read
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