Automated IFTA reporting takes the miles a truck ran in each jurisdiction and the fuel it bought there from records the TMS already holds, and builds the quarterly IFTA report without a dispatcher sorting fuel receipts. It does not file the return; you still file with your base jurisdiction. In TransPlus, IFTA reporting (Enterprise plan) in Fleet Manager is included on the Enterprise plan only; Lite and Standard cannot add it (see TMS pricing). Here are the five benefits carriers see, and the two things to check before you trust any vendor's IFTA claim.
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CAD and USD billing on the same load, ACE and ACI e-manifests from the load record, and IFTA reporting (Enterprise plan).
What are the benefits of automated IFTA reporting for trucking companies?
Automated IFTA reporting is a by-product of a TMS that already knows the trip: the miles by jurisdiction come from the dispatched route and the odometer, the fuel from the receipt entered on the trip or the fuel card import. The quarter's report is a query on that record rather than a week with a calculator.
1. Less paperwork each quarter
A dispatcher sorting a quarter of fuel receipts and mileage logs by state and province is the job this feature removes. The data is captured on the trip as it happens, so the quarter closes from the TMS rather than a filing cabinet.
2. Fewer errors on the report
Manual entry is where IFTA errors come from, and errors become assessments. Fuel purchases entered on the trip, or imported from a fuel card integration, carry the jurisdiction with them, so the Ohio gallons land in the Ohio column without a second keying, and the miles come from the same trip.
3. An audit answered from the record
An audit asks for the trip miles and the fuel receipts behind every quarter. When both live on the trip record, the answer is a report, not a week in the filing cabinet. The report does not change your audit odds; it changes how long the audit takes.
4. Lower admin cost, better fuel purchasing
The time saved by automating IFTA reporting is fewer labor hours on compliance each quarter. The same data shows where the fleet buys fuel and at what price by jurisdiction, which is the starting point for cutting fleet fuel cost.
5. Time back for dispatch and drivers
When the office is not bogged down in IFTA paperwork, the hours go to loads and customers. Drivers benefit too: the fuel receipt goes on the trip once, from the app, and nobody chases them for it at quarter end.
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Two things to check before you trust any vendor's IFTA claim: which plan the report is on, and whether the vendor files the return or hands you the report. TransPlus produces the IFTA report; it does not file the return. Book a demo and see IFTA reporting (Enterprise plan) built from your own miles and fuel.
Automated IFTA reporting questions
Which TransPlus plan includes IFTA reporting?
Fleet Manager Enterprise, from $650 per month for one user on an annual contract billed quarterly. IFTA reporting is not a module and not an add-on; Lite and Standard cannot buy it. If you run IFTA quarters, start on Enterprise. Every plan is published on the pricing page, and every plan includes 1:1 live technical support, 7am to 6pm ET, Monday to Friday, with emergency after-hours support.
Does TransPlus file my IFTA return?
No. TransPlus produces the quarterly report of jurisdiction miles and fuel purchases from the trip records, and you file it with your base jurisdiction the way you do today. What changes is the week before the deadline: the miles and the receipts are already sorted by jurisdiction on the record instead of in a folder on a desk.
Where do the miles come from?
From the trip records dispatch already keeps: the route dispatched, the stops, and the odometer readings on the trip, broken out by the jurisdictions the truck crossed. Fuel comes from the receipt entered on the trip or the fuel card transaction imported through an integration, each carrying its jurisdiction, so the report is built from what the operation recorded while running the loads.
How often is IFTA due?
Quarterly. Each quarter's return is due to your base jurisdiction the month after the quarter closes; check the exact date with your base jurisdiction, since a late return carries interest and penalties. A TMS that keeps miles and fuel by jurisdiction on every trip means the quarter is ready to report the day it ends, not the week the return is due.
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