Guides
Owner-Operator Guides
Practical, plain-English guides to running your truck as a business — taxes, IFTA, cost per mile, and more.
Best Load Tracking App for Owner-Operators
What to look for in a load tracker, and how to run your whole operation from your phone.
How to File IFTA as an Owner-Operator
Step-by-step: what you need, how to calculate miles and gallons by state, and how to file on time.
Owner-Operator Tax Deductions
The write-offs owner-operators miss — per diem, fuel, maintenance, and more — and the records you need.
How to Calculate Your Cost Per Mile
The most important number in your business — how to find it, your breakeven, and whether a load pays.
Owner-Operator Expenses to Track
Every expense to log for taxes, IFTA, and knowing your true profit — without the shoebox of receipts.
Free tool
Detention Pay Calculator
Work out what your hours at the dock come to — arrival, release, free hours, and your rate. No signup, nothing saved.