PeopleNet and OTS (Operating Tax Specialists) Form Partnership to Offer Full-Service Fuel Tax Reporting Services
Partnership creates one-stop resource specializing in PTO and idle fuel recovery
MINNEAPOLIS-June 3, 2005-PeopleNet, the leading provider of onboard computing and mobile communications, and OTS, North America's only full-service tax outsource provider for the transportation industry, today announced they have joined forces to offer full-service, paperless fuel tax reporting and recovery services with a specialty on power take off (PTO) and idle fuel tax reporting and recovery.
"Our partnership with OTS leverages our strategy to partner with best-of-breed providers and to give our customers a choice," said Glenn Williams, Sr. Product Marketing Manager for PeopleNet. "OTS' considerable tax expertise and 15 years of industry experience relieves the burden of filing fuel tax returns, therefore allowing transportation companies to focus on their core business drivers. Several of our tanker customers have already chosen OTS to help them recover PTO and idle fuel taxes. PeopleNet helps make the process 100 percent paperless through automatic reporting of GPS information and PTO fuel consumption."
"We are thrilled to partner with PeopleNet as a new channel partner for our full-service tax solutions," says OTS' Director of Development, Steve Sage. "We too partner only with best-of-breed technology providers to offer our customers 'one-stop' tax services that seamlessly integrate with their existing technology."
Using the full-service fuel tax services of OTS, automated by PeopleNet's accurate reporting of GPS information, fleets receive:
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All compliance reports available online via OTS' fuel tax portal
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Preparation and filing of all specific road tax returns, including IFTA and all applicable mileage tax returns in the United States and Canada
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PTO fuel used and individual idle events, reefer fuel, and idle time recovery, if available
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Out-of-route maps and reports including fleet miles-per-gallon, IRP licensing and fuel/road-use charge back reporting
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Free audit support
This service is offered in addition to PeopleNet's Fuel Tax Online, which has been offered to customers since 1999, and other fuel tax reporting options through PeopleNet partners. For more information, contact PeopleNet at 888-208-8110 or OTS at 877-445-2058.
OTS is a leading Tax Consulting Group to the transportation industry. Founded in 1990 by former transportation tax executives with over 70 years of combined industry/tax experience, OTS offers an array of products and services from paperless fuel tax outsourcing and consulting services including audit review to DOT log auditing compliance, IRP and legalization, tax recovery and tax planning.
The PeopleNet system has become the standard for GPS-based location tracking, two-way voice and data communications, and Internet-based fleet business tools to provide consistent, reliable communication between business owners, dispatchers, drivers and shippers. A key feature of the system is OTAP (over-the-air programming), which allows PeopleNet to make system upgrades without taking vehicles off the road.
Headquartered in Minneapolis, PeopleNet is the leading provider of Internet-based onboard computing and mobile communications systems to the long-haul transportation and metro-based fleet industries. The company serves carriers throughout the U.S. and Canada. For more information about PeopleNet, call 888-346-3486, e-mail info@peoplenetonline.com, or visit www.peoplenetonline.com.
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CONTACT:
Ellie Walradth
PeopleNet
888-346-3486 x247
