Congress will have until Sept. 30 to approve an extension the nation’s transportation spending plan, which includes a federal gasoline tax and a diesel tax. Outspoken anti-tax advocate Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, says he will not block the extension, on which thousands of highway projects depend. Norquist’s next big push will be to reduce fuel taxs and transfer more transportation decisions to the Continue Reading

The American Trucking Associations is dismissing the American Power Act, a climate change bill introduced by U.S. Sens. John Kerry and Joe Lieberman, as a means to place a financial burden on the trucking industry without making significant progress in reducing carbon dioxide emissions. The Senate bill would require oil refiners to buy billions of dollars of carbon allowances corresponding to their environmental footprint, and the ATA fears that Continue Reading

A new application that combines fuel tax reporting software and GPS-based truck tracking system from Prophesy Transportation Solutions helps take the guesswork out of fuel tax data collection, according to the developer. The integrated system also identifies overpayment of taxes, produces official commercial mileage Continue Reading

The movement to increase fuel taxes is gaining speed, thanks to the backing from industry and business groups. The American Trucking Association, the Truckload Carriers Association and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce all have voiced their support for the measure, citing reasons from Continue Reading