IFTA, different states?

@double yellow

 

Oregon does not tax fuel and instead taxes each mile you drive.

New Mexico, Kentucky, and New York use IFTA, but also tax each mile you drive.

 

Oregon, you may also buy individual Trip permits over the phone. That permit will cover your filing for this State alone.

 

You should be good just filing IFTA in your home state and they will send the money to the other states you run in.

As has been said, Some states require fees to be paid over and above what IFTA and IRP pays.

KY is the only one I deal with. Just go the the KYU website and ask for a KYU number, you'll need it if you run KY.

 

When I ran under my own authority I had this same "problem" until I came up with a solution:
1. Determine the states you run.
2. research each states IFTA filing requirements. Some states will allow your IN IFTA to me paid by IN, some only allow the operator to file in the company's name, outside "paying on behalf of" isn't allowed.
3. Pay the IFTA taxes but always remember this: If you even THINK "should I pay 10 miles or 11...pay the higher amount, it's well worth the extra .60 cents to not get shut down over something less than a cup of coffee IMHO.

If you run all 48 states, the research period will take you longer. You might be able to appoint an agent (service) to file on your behalf of you are allowed to appoint one. NM is kinda weird about IFTA and fees, for the longest time I had to obtain a separate New Mexico credential and actually carry the certificate in the truck with me.

To answer your question about IN paying other states: Indiana should be sending you a report where that tells you what other states they have or have not paid fuel taxes.

Nice thing about today's world: all the information you need is online.

Keep copies of everything for at least seven years. States are no different than any other business entity, they lose things just like we lose our minds!

Best of luck.

 

All States tax per mile, they collect per gallon. IFTA distributed it accordingly.

NM, KY and NY also use a weight mile Tax and Oregon only uses a weight mile Tax.

 

IFTA is a way for the states to each get their fair share of the fuel tax revenue, no matter where you fuel.

Basically, they take the number of miles you drove in a quarter and divide by the number of gallons you purchased during the quarter to get your IFTA mpg. You then take the number of miles you drove in each state and divide by your mpg to get the gallons of diesel supposedly burned in each state. Each state sets its own tax rate, from $0.17/gal in Missouri (or $0 in Oregon) to $0.64/gal in Pennsylvania.

When you buy diesel, you pay that state's tax at the pump. Through IFTA, that prepaid tax is divided between all the other states in which you drove. If you didn't pay enough taxes at the pump, you'll owe at the end of the quarter. If you paid too much at the pump, you'll get a refund. So it doesn't matter if you avoid fueling in Pennsylvania, you still owe them $0.64 for every gallon they think you burned in their state.


On top of IFTA, which is just for fuel taxes, OR, NM, KY, & NY charge a fee for every mile you drive, regardless of what kind of mpg you get. The fee varies based on the registered weight, so its called a weight-distance tax. Again, this is completely separate from IFTA.