New research details potential safety, financial and environmental benefits of repealing the 12% excise tax on new trucks.
Nationwide truckload carrier C.R. England recently announced it has chosen safety and telematics provider Lytx to equip its 3,500-truck fleet with driver-facing cameras.
Truck drivers will benefit from thousands of dollars in tax cuts and incentives if Congress can pass the latest versions of previous bills.
U.S. Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif., argues that a long-standing tax on new trucks is an inefficient way to sustain the ailing Highway Trust Fund.
American Trucking Associations CEO Chris Spear uses his annual address to urge motor carriers to fight for industry well-being.
American Truck Associations President Chris Spear lived up to his last name in an annual address excoriating industry foes.
The first Mack medium-duty trucks in nearly 20 years are finding favor with customers.
Airlines operating in the U.S. are once again collecting the federal excise tax on freight shipments that were suspended for most of last year to help the industry survive the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The $2.2 trillion economic stimulus package known as the CARES Act provided an aviation tax holiday from March 28 […]
Brett Pope, director of electric vehicles for Volvo Trucks North America, suggests waiving the 103-year-old federal excise tax to help make the Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 regional hauler it will begin selling in 2021 more affordable.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, we take a look at third-quarter earnings with an analyst from KeyBanc. Plus, Hyliion is not recording revenue for its early products and Wall Street is OK with that, and carriers are dominating retail peak season.
OOIDA warns suspending federal excise tax would hit Highway Trust Fund.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, opposition to the federal excise tax ramps up efforts to suspend the tax, CSCMP honors Matthew Waller and drivers sound off on their employers.
Early units of new Mack MD Series medium-duty trucks are coming together in a former comic book publishing factory near Roanoke, Virginia.
Vast coalition of trucking-related groups and companies wants 12% fee to disappear through next year
The Justice Department said the former owners of Road Tire Plus Corp. in South Florida avoided paying federal tax on tire imports.
Government denies claims the IRS misled company on excise tax rules.
New truck and trailer purchases currently include a 12 percent federal excise tax, adding tens of thousands of dollars to the purchase price. A new coalition is looking to lobby for the repeal of the tax.
There is now a bill in both the House and Senate that would repeal the 12% excise tax on new trucks and trailers.
