“Like mothers, taxes are often misunderstood, but seldom forgotten.” — Lord Bramwell, 19th Century English jurist. Taxes are what we pay for civilized society, Unsure about any other industry but Trucking community and truckers never skip their Taxes. Being said that we know that truckers and the entire Trucking Community are like the seconds hand on a clock working and busy every second. It is quite understandable that they might forget one of the hundred taxes they file.
One such tax that is due only once a year is the Federal Excise Tax Form 2290. This tax Form is always filed in advance that is for the tax year that begins July 2017 and goes on till June 30th 2018, the Taxes have to be paid in 2017 itself. This is just opposite to other taxes that we pay, normally we file our federal income taxes after the end of the tax year it almost common for all other Taxes Except for HVUT form 2290. Continue reading
Very glad to share something that would bring in a small smile on every hard working Trucker’s face. Below is a neatly drafted message by Mark Zuckerberg himself, the CEO of Facebook about his experience @ IOWA 80 the world’s largest truck stop where he met the Face of Trucking Community – TRUCKERS!
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time. We all wish that we could do this as often as possible. But taking the fact of busyness involved in our day to day life, we can only plan or probably dream about it every summer.
I’ve had a hard life, but my hardships are nothing against the hardships that my father went through in order to get me to where I started. – Bartrand Hubbard. Being a Father itself is a great responsibility and being a Father with Trucking as his business makes him a super dad. Dads involved Trucking won’t tell you how to live, they live and let you watch them and learn what life is.
“What is the recipe for successful achievement? To my mind there are just four essential ingredients: Choose a career you love, give it the best there is in you, seize your opportunities, and be a member of the team.” – Benjamin Franklin Fairless. Out of the four aspects mentioned above, Truckers and the entire Trucking Community will be rated 10 out of 10 in three of them. That is, they chose the career they love the most, of course they give the best in whatever they do & they are definitely Team players. But they miss out one ingredient, which is seizing the Opportunities.