Today's technology was almost unimaginable when states began collecting fuel taxes from motor carriers through the International Fuel Tax Agreement in the 1980s. By today's standards, paperwork and manual processes used to capture, audit and file fuel tax information seem woefully outdated. But using technology to automate fuel taxes is not as easy or as foolproof as you might imagine. Although most fleets today use electronic purchasing systems that capture the number of gallons purchased in each state, those systems don't capture total mileage in each state with total accuracy and automation, experts say.
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