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Log IFTA Miles by State Automatically for Quarterly Filing

Owner-operators must track miles by state for IFTA fuel tax, and reconstructing it quarterly is misery. Log each trip's state-by-state miles as you go for a ready quarterly report.

difficulty Intermediatesetup 30 minresult IFTA reporting builds itself all quarter from trip logs — no quarter-end reconstruction, no audit exposure.
  1. 1

    Log Each Trip Leg

    The driver texts start/end points; miles allocate by state crossed.

  2. 2

    Accumulate by State

    Add a Google Sheets node totaling miles per jurisdiction.

  3. 3

    Track Fuel Purchases

    Log fuel by state for the tax reconciliation.

  4. 4

    Build the Quarterly Report

    Compute the IFTA report from accumulated miles and fuel.

  5. 5

    Activate and Test

    Activate the workflow with a test trip. Confirm state miles accumulate.

Frequently asked questions

Why log as you go?

IFTA audits demand contemporaneous records — quarter-end reconstruction is both painful and audit-risky.

GPS integration?

If you run an ELD, feed its state-crossing data in instead of manual legs for full automation.

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