Know your numbers before you take the load

Free, fast calculators built for owner-operators. No sign-up, and your figures never leave your device.

• Cost per mile calculator

  Find your true cost per mile and the break-even and target rate you need to charge.

• Load profit calculator

  See your real profit per mile including deadhead, and the lowest pay worth accepting.

• Detention pay calculator

  Work out what you are owed for waiting past free time, including waits past midnight.

• IFTA fuel tax calculator

  Estimate your quarterly diesel fuel tax by state, using the official IFTA rates.

• Per diem calculator

  Estimate your meal per diem deduction using the IRS special rate for truckers.

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Guides

• How to Calculate Cost Per Mile as an Owner-Operator

  Step-by-step guide to your trucking cost per mile, break-even rate and target rate, with a worked example and the mistakes that make the number wrong.

• Deadhead Miles: How Empty Miles Change What You Earn

  What deadhead miles really cost, how to work out your all-in rate per mile, and the rate per loaded mile you need to ask for.

• IFTA Explained: How the Quarterly Fuel Tax Return Works

  How an IFTA return is worked out: fleet MPG, taxable gallons, credits, the Kentucky and Virginia surcharges, rounding, and the mistakes to avoid.

• Detention Pay for Truckers: How It Works and How to Document It

  How detention pay is calculated, why free time is counted per stop, and what records and timing help you get paid for waiting.

• Trucker Per Diem: The IRS Special Rate and the 80% Rule

  Who can use the IRS special per diem rate for transportation workers, how days are counted, why 80% is deductible, and what to keep on record.