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Owner-operators trend optimistic about business in 2017

We can take the optimism expressed in these results with a crunchy-good grain of road salt or sand, but for the first time in the few years, a majority of owner-operators think this coming year will be better than the last. Recent indicators agree…

January 7, 2017

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ATBS expands biz services offerings

The company’s new package, called RumbleStrip Essentials, offers tax consulting, state and federal tax returns, quarterly tax estimates, tax reconciliation, profit and loss statements, monthly bookkeeping and access to a secure online document portal.

December 15, 2016

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Owner-operator 2016 income stable, even with downturn

Owner-operator miles and earnings have been steady this year, according to ATBS. Based on clients’ third quarter, annualized net income would top $61,000.

November 10, 2016

Leased flatbed operator clients of ATBS have enjoyed the biggest rise in net income per mile this year, earning 73 cents in the third quarter.

Keeping the small fleet ‘family’ happy: Pay, equipment, home time

Small-fleet owners use good pay, equipment and home time to attract loyal drivers. They say those are the bedrocks of retention, the top employment issue named in a recent Overdrive survey.

October 3, 2016

Part of the Atlanta-based Turner Transport team: From left, drivers Dane Thomas and Warren Wiseman, owners Eric and Stacy Turner, and Stacy’s father, McKinley “Doc” Hayward.

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Prediction: Rates will jump with ELD transition

“We’re going to have a truck shortage when this ELD rule gets put into effect,” said ATBS’ Todd Amen said during his Partners in Business GATS presentation. “Essentially it’s like taking 200,000 to 300,000 trucks off the road.” Here’s how much he sees rates jumping.

August 29, 2016

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2015 income: Owner-ops break $60K for first time, adding miles as slow-freight pressures mount

For the first in the 13 years ATBS has been tracking income data, owner-operator clients broke $60,000 in net income in 2015. The 2015 $61,167 income figure is computed as an average among all segments.

April 8, 2016

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Owner-operators’ decade of ‘working less and making more’

Looking at miles, revenue, income, maintenance costs and more, owner-operators worked longer but made less in recent years.

October 7, 2015

IRS to allow higher per diem for meal expenses for owner-ops starting Oct. 1

Truck operators starting Oct. 1 will be able to deduct up to $4 more a day from their yearly income for meal expenses. A change in IRS rules that goes into effect that day raises truckers’ per diem meal expense rates to $63 a day, up from the current $59 mark.

September 24, 2015

ATBS has this downloadable calendar available on its website to help truck operators keep track of their per diem eligible days. Click here to download it.

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When to take a vacation and other insights from trucking data

Smart owner-operators know they “have to hit it hard” from March through November, said ATBS Vice President Richard DeForest at the Overdrive Partners in Business seminar.

September 18, 2015

Richard DeForest is vice president of fleet sales for ATBS.

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A final chance to dodge the Obamacare tax penalty

The federally facilitated health insurance marketplaces are reopening for enrollment through April 30.

March 14, 2015

Failure to have health coverage this year could add hundreds of dollars to your 2015 tax bill.

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ELD mandate: Independents’ final straw?

An Overdrive survey shows between 50 and 70 percent of respondents threatening to exit the industry over the electronic-log mandate — the highest percentages are among independents/small fleets.

April 17, 2014

Taxing our patience — in more ways than one

Weather, taxes… “Mother Nature must have forgotten a few deductions this year, as she seems very angry and wrathful…”

April 16, 2014

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