Predictions for 2015 from Women In Trucking

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As we ring in a new year, it’s time to look ahead to 2015 and the positive and negative challenges we will be facing as an industry. While many of these are beyond our control (oil prices!), there are some that beg for change in both attitude and current practices.

Let’s look at some top issues for 2015 and how we can end the year in a better position for 2016.
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Form 720 Excise Tax- Air Transportation Taxes

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So filers, we are going to talk about the Air transportation tax that is included in Excise Tax (part-I). The tax included in the list is percentage tax and domestic segment tax. To get the total tax on transportation of people by air, you need to add the percentage and domestic segment tax. However, do note, the percentage and the domestic segment tax do not apply on the flight if the surtax on the fuel used in a fractional ownership program aircraft is imposed. Continue reading →

Stay Reliant On Full Service Option At Tax2290.com

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So filers, how is trucking treating you? With a new month dropping into our calendars, it is important to note, December end would be the due date for filing for the new vehicles. Ensure you file your prorated tax by the due date or you will be liable to pay penalties for the same. Continue reading →

WIT, Ellen Voie – article

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In the 1993 children’s novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, all children are assigned to a career or job at the age of twelve. The community leaders determine who will be engineers, legislators, shopkeepers, and even surrogate mothers. 
 
Although the author doesn’t address the role of professional driver, this is an assumption made based on the society’s effort to control the community by “assigning” a job according to the child’s skills and aptitude.
 
For those of us in the United States and Canada, we have the option to choose our life aspirations and to change those goals as we mature. In fact, many of us made career choices in high school, but changed those ideals based on our experiences and circumstances. 
 
Even those of us who entered college with a specific course of education in mind probably changed our major more often than we had anticipated. When addressing groups at a conference I often ask whether they had CHOSEN a career in transportation when they were younger. For most of them, the answer is “no.” 
 
The common perception by the general public is that truck drivers often pursue the career as a last resort. Maybe they were laid off from a construction or factory job and they responded to a recruiting ad to obtain a CDL and become a professional driver. This perception isn’t entirely misleading. 
 
The problem we have in the United States and Canada is that we are limited in focusing on teenagers as drivers because of the interstate restrictions that require a driver to be at least 21 years old to transport loads across state lines. Add to that a two-year experience requirement for many insurance providers and you’ve got a work force that starts at the age of 23. 
 
While we don’t want to assign twelve-year-old children to the role of professional driver as depicted in The Giver, it would be difficult to make a prospective driver wait another nine years to earn a living in the trucking industry.
 
There are ways to encourage children to consider a career in the trucking industry, especially as professional drivers. Other countries are ahead of us in this effort.
 
In Sweden, education is mandatory for children ages seven to sixteen. Although there are classes for younger children, compulsory comprehensive school, named “Grundskola,” begins at the age of six or seven. While most schools are publicly funded, there are a few independent schools in Sweden that might have a different orientation than their government counterparts. 
 
Once the student has completed nine years of primary school, they can elect to enter secondary school, named “Gymnasieskola.” In this environment, they are given the option to prepare for higher education or to receive a vocation education. During this three-year education, the students are further divided into programs, or different educational pursuits. Those who choose vocational courses will receive at least fifteen weeks of workplace training over the three years.
 
While core courses are taught to all students in “Gymnasieskola,” the student is guided into program specific classes. One of those vocational training options is in “automotive and transportation.”
 
Sweden, like most of the transportation industries, was experiencing a need for professional drivers. The percentage of females was very low; estimated at about two percent. With smaller trucks, shorter routes, and more home time, the job should have been more attractive to both men and women. 
 
However, efforts to address this need through secondary education have been successful, especially in northern Sweden at the Lapland Gymnasieskola. Here, girls are guided into traditionally male careers at a rate that exceeds the boys, with forty to sixty percent of them preparing for jobs such as mining and transportation.
 
Female drivers are valued for their aversion to risk and their exceptional treatment of the vehicles, where, according to a TV Gallivere article, “they treat the large vehicles better than male colleagues, they force them not as hard and take [fewer] chances.”
 
Bill Rehn, of TYA Sweden, the Vocational Training and Working Environment Council, is excited about the efforts to encourage girls to consider careers in trucking. “We now have eighteen percent of women in the secondary school for transport truck driving and that is very good.” He added, “Twelve percent of the employment of new truck drivers in Sweden [are] women.”
 
Although the Elders in The Giver didn’t give children the option to choose, they did make their determinations based on talents and skills. Perhaps we should look at the Swedish model.
 
With a projected 100,000 new drivers needed annually, we must to reconsider the way we recruit and train the next generation of drivers. Encouraging the next generation to look at careers as professional drivers by prompting them into vocational programs during their high school years instead seems to be working.
 
Maybe Sweden’s model provides a needed solution to the future driver shortage.

Your Previous Form 2290 Return Was Rejected? Here Is The Reason Why

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Trucking is one such profession that survives on very few predictions. From climate to the delivery time, the show runs on assumptions and hope. There are time when you have to spend time in your rig for weeks and days together. However, in such times, if taxation period slips into our calendar, you don’t have to worry. Tax2290.com is one such service provider that serves you round the clock with your specific requirements.

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Different Kind Of Vehicles Filed On Form 2290

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So truckers, how are you doing today? Did you know you could file various types of vehicles through form 2290? Well, that is the topic of our blog today. We are going to tell you how exactly you can make use of the form to file other types of vehicles other than taxable vehicles.

However, to start with, we will talk about taxable vehicles. Continue reading →

Moving Toward the Mission

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The Women In Trucking Association’s primary purpose is to increase the percentage of women in the trucking industry. In an effort to provide exposure to young girls who might not have considered a career in trucking, we initiated a Transportation Patch for the Girl Scouts of America.

In partnership with the Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana, the curriculum was designed to provide the girls with insight into the trucking industry. The event was planned for October 13th, which was Columbus Day and there was no school scheduled. Continue reading →

31st October 2014 is the Last Date To File Form 2290, Q3 IFTA and Form 720

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October is the month of due dates, and with that, we would like to remind Tax Excise filers to get their excise tax filed through form 720. The Quarterly Federal Excise Tax is filed by the end of each quarter to avoid penalties and interest for late payment. However, for the 3rd quarter, the due date is 31st of October 2014. If you have not filed yet, feel free to drop by TaxExcise.com and pay your dues online in seconds. You will receive your acknowledged receipt in seconds. Continue reading →

Quarterly Federal Excise Tax Return is due by 31st October 2014

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C’mon excise filers, gear up for the third quarter Excise tax Form 720 filing . Before the date reaches our calendar, it is our duty to pay the dues to the IRS and leave behind the penalties. Excise tax is paid by businesses and companies who are directly involved in buying and selling of products. Form 720 is also known as Quarterly Federal Excise Tax Return. Also, do note, there are no extensions available for filing form 720 and this means every taxpayer have to file their return on or before the due date in order to avoid penalties. Continue reading →

IFTA For The Third Quarter Is Due By October 31st 2014

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Being a trucker is not an easy task to deal with. With a long list of obligations, taxes are one among them. However, if you are traveling from one jurisdiction to another during the course of the quarter with IFTA license or permit, you are liable to file and pay IFTA taxes to your base jurisdiction on or before the due date. For the 3rd quarter, the due date is falling on 31st of October. So truckers, get ready with the documents and set it for filing. Continue reading →