Welcome to Kentucky Truck Tax! Your one-stop for information relating to the Trucking Industry! The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), a transportation-research leader and also a part of the American Trucking Associations (ATA), stated the following information on how the trucking industry relates to Kentucky’s economy.
In 2011, Kentucky's trucking industry provided 104,910 jobs or one out of 14 in the state. Total trucking wages paid in 2011 exceeded $4.3 billion with an average annual trucking industry salary of $41,404. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported in May 2011 that truck drivers, heavy, tractor-trailer and light, delivery drivers, held 37,900 jobs with a mean annual salary of $35,565.
Large and small supporting businesses serve over 11,550 Kentucky's trucking companies either small or locally owned businesses.
The state's 77% of total manufactured tonnage is transported or 355,305 tons per day in 2010 and over 89% of Kentucky communities depend on trucks to move their goods.
Kentucky's trucking industry paid around $675 million in federal and state roadway taxes and fees in 2009. The industry pays 43% of all taxes and fees owed by Kentucky motorists, despite trucks traveled only 14% of vehicle miles in the state.
In January 2013, a five-axle tractor with a semitrailer combination paid $10,815 of state highway use fees and taxes in addition to $8,906 of federal highway use fees and taxes. The taxes were over and above the normal taxes paid by Kentucky's businesses.
At Kentucky in 2008, motorists traveled 48 billion miles, and the trucks traveled 6.6 billion miles on Kentucky's 78,748 miles of public roads.
Manufactured tonnage data are given by IHS Global Insight
Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax - HVUT is paid annually to the IRS for operating heavy vehicles on public highways having a registered gross weight of 55,000 pounds or more.
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Motor carriers who operate their qualified vehicle in more than one jurisdiction other than their base jurisdiction require an IFTA license to report their fuel use tax covering all jurisdictions. IFTA is the international fuel tax agreement covering both Canada and the U.S states.
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Get to know more information on Kentucky’s Oversize and Overweight Permits, Temporary Trip and Fuel Permits.
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Find more information and helpful links here on IFTA, IRP, UCR, FMCSA, and more.
Read MoreWhether you are an owner-operator, leased operator or fleet manager you can now use TruckLogics application to manage your trucking business. The application allows you to track your loads, drivers, and the associated expenses to manage dispatches in real time. The app tracks even in offline and sync the information automatically when it comes to online to handle the dispatches. Register with the below link to download and access the TruckLogics app.
