Oregon Finds New Ways to Collect Ton-Mile Tax
A bus company’s legal argument has forced the Oregon Department of Transportation to stop shutting down truckers who fail to pay the state’s weight-distance tax.
Instead, ODOT is increasing debt collection measures. It also will require carriers that fail to pay the weight-distance tax to buy temporary credentials and prepay the tax before entering the state. Violators could face a $295 fine.
The policy change got started when Pierce Pacific Stages of Portland, Ore., failed to file a weight-distance tax report and was ordered by the state to shut down but kept on running.
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State officials think the new system may be an improvement, but the Oregon Trucking Associations contends tax evasion will soar without the authority to shut down trucks.
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