From an NTEA member We are a truck equipment upfitter and have heard we should be sending routine communications to NHTSA. What are these requirements, and how do we meet them? Many work truck industry professionals...
Our company is a used truck dealership. In our town, there is a truck leasing company that from time to time sells trucks as they come off leases. We realize that used trucks are not subject to federal excise tax...
The race to zero emissions is on and it can be difficult to tell the players without a program — let alone the rules of the game. At this moment, there are legislative, regulatory and judicial efforts at the federal...
This member-submitted question explores how federal excise tax (FET) under Internal Revenue Code Section 4051 may apply to subsequent sales of trucks, trailers, and related chassis or bodies that were previously subject...
We are a new truck equipment distributorship that purchases bodies from manufacturers and sells them to end-users. Since we are making the retail sale, we assumed that we would be paying the FET, but manufacturers are...
TMC – the American Trucking Associations Technology & Maintenance Council recently published a recommended practice titled Service and Utility Truck Body Safety Features – RP 1432. TMC has published more than 350...