{"id":12750,"date":"2015-12-21T09:50:42","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T14:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gofleet.com\/?p=12750"},"modified":"2024-11-19T09:21:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T14:21:29","slug":"quick-guide-mygeotab-ifta-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gofleet.com\/quick-guide-mygeotab-ifta-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Guide: MyGeotab IFTA Management"},"content":{"rendered":"
How does GoFleet and Geotab help with IFTA management? Read this Quick Guide to learn how to set up an IFTA Report in MyGeotab.<\/p>\n
The International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA)<\/strong> is an agreement between 10 Canadian provinces and 48 American states concerning the taxing and reporting of motor fuels used by interjurisdictional carriers operating heavy commercial vehicles.<\/p>\n Under the IFTA, interjurisdictional carriers must report the distance travelled in each jurisdiction and the amount of motor fuel consumed. The carrier reports and pays motor fuel taxes to a single jurisdiction and then the member jurisdictions (states and provinces) handle the sharing of tax revenues.<\/p>\n Using paper records for IFTA opens the door to potential issues such as missing paperwork, late filings, error due to manual entry, overpayments, or audits.<\/p>\n Although designed to be a simpler system, IFTA reporting can be a labor-intensive<\/a> and time-consuming process for fleet owners and managers \u2013 especially those working with large fleets.<\/p>\n IFTA management is made easier for fleets with GPS vehicle tracking<\/a>, by reporting the GPS location and time in each location for fleet vehicles. Our software saves IFTA management time by removing the manual process of tracking miles by province\/state and improving accuracy.<\/p>\n The Geotab IFTA report uses the odometer value to determine how far fleet vehicles have driven within the individual taxable provinces or states.<\/p>\n Three Simple Steps to Creating a Geotab IFTA Report:<\/strong><\/p>\n Click on the Options button to define the date period and then choose your vehicles.<\/p>\n The Fuel Tax report also allows you to filter the mileage into IFTA and non-IFTA provinces\/states (Yukon Territory, Northwest Territory, Nunavut, Hawaii, Alaska, District of Columbia, and Mexico). Look at the Advanced Fuel Tax Report\u2019s \u201cSummary\u201d or \u201cReport\u201d sheets for the \u201cIs IFTA Province\/State?\u201d field.<\/p>\n Ensuring IFTA Report Accuracy: How to Correctly Transfer a GO Device Between Vehicles<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Incorrectly transferring a telematics device from one vehicle to another can affect the accuracy of the data stored in MyGeotab related to International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) or Fuel Usage reporting.<\/p>\n Given the plug and play design of the GO7, it may be tempting to simply unplug it from the current vehicle and plug it into the new vehicle, but this is not recommended. If you run a report which uses odometer values, like the Fuel Tax report, plugging and unplugging will generate incorrect or negative values for the dates around when the device was moved. This cannot be corrected and it will invalidate the entire report.<\/p>\n For example, the graph below shows what would happen to the odometer value if a device was incorrectly moved from a vehicle with a high odometer value to a vehicle with a lower odometer value.<\/p>\n How can you ensure reports remain accurate when you need to move a device into a new vehicle? Simple! Follow the procedure below.<\/p>\n The Correct Way to Transfer a GO Device Between Vehicles<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\nGPS Tracking for IFTA Management<\/h4>\n
Benefits of IFTA Management with GoFleet and Geotab:<\/h4>\n
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Geotab IFTA Report for Location Tracking<\/h4>\n
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\nMyGeotab IFTA Report Screen<\/em><\/p>\n
\nOdometer discrepancy due to incorrect GO device transfer.<\/em><\/p>\n\n