An IRP and IFTA account is required for companies that have vehicles crossing state lines that are over 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight or have 3 or more axles on the power unit.
The International Fuel Tax Agreement (or IFTA) is an agreement between the lower 48 states of the United States and the Canadian provinces, to simplify the reporting of fuel use by motor carriers that operate in more than one jurisdiction. Alaska, Hawaii, and the Canadian territories do not participate.
The term APPORTIONED on a license plate refers to an interstate vehicle, usually a truck or a tractor. When a truck has APPORTIONED plates on it, it pays road taxes to all the states it travels through – in proportion to how much of the time the truck is actually in that state. Thus, the tax fees are split up, or “apportioned”, between the states where the truck travels. This way, the truck does not have to carry a license plate from each state it goes through. The only plate required is the APPORTIONED plate from the truck’s home state.
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The KYU number is a tax license issued for the Kentucky Weight Distance Tax. Any motor carrier 60,000 pounds or greater traveling Kentucky is subject to this tax.
The highway use tax is a tax on motor carriers who operate certain motor vehicles on New York State public highways. The tax is based on mileage traveled on New York State public highways (excluding toll-paid portions of the New York State Thruway) and is computed at a rate determined by the weight of the motor vehicle and the method that you choose to report the tax.
New Mexico imposes a weight-distance tax on owners, operators, and registrants of intra and interstate commercial vehicles with a declared gross vehicle weight in excess of 26,000 pounds. This tax is based on vehicle weight and miles traveled on New Mexico roads. Those subject to the weight-distance tax (WDT) must file a New Mexico weight-distance tax return on a quarterly basis, and pay the tax due to the MVD.
The heavy motor vehicle trip permit allows operation of unregistered motor vehicles that have a registration weight (loaded or combined*) over 8,000 pounds and for self-propelled fixed load vehicles regardless of weight.
Road tax, known by various names around the world, is a tax which has to be paid on a motor vehicle before using it on a public road.
