Mileafi blog · Carrier paperwork
Plain-English writing on the paperwork that bites a 1–50 truck fleet.
IFTA quarterly, MC broker authority renewal, hazmat registration, FMCSA CSA scores — the filings that occupy the office wall are the filings we write about here. Each post is hand-authored, original copy, and each one links to the matching Mileafi track where you can drop the deadline onto a single board.
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Every post, newest first.
Posts are short and written for the owner-operator who has to pay the filing, not the regulator who reads it. Each one ends with a link to the matching Mileafi track where you can put the document on a deadline calendar.
IFTA quarterly deadlines — the dates a 1–50 fleet never misses
The four IFTA quarter-end dates the small carrier keeps on the wall, the per-jurisdiction haul the return has to cover, and the one place Mileafi thinks most fleets slip without realizing it.
MC broker authority renewal — the four filings, on one calendar
A short, plain-English walk-through of the four FMCSA filings that keep an MC number alive: MCS-150, BMC-84 surety bond, BOC-3 process agent, and biennial UCR. With the order they actually fail in.
HM-181 hazmat registration — keeping the four-year cert current
A plain-English walk-through of the four-year HM-181 hazmat registration cycle, the security plan on file under 49 CFR §172.800, and the placarding checks that roadside actually catches.
Ready when you are
Put the deadlines onto one calendar.
The blog explains what each filing means — Mileafi tracks when each one is due. Sign up, drop in your USDOT number, and the tracks from these posts light up on a single deadline board with a 30-day, 14-day, and 72-hour alert on each.