Affected Party | Number of Affected | Description |
Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association | 1 | Statewide Trucking & Bus Association |
Wisconsin based interstate Trucking companies | 9,000 | No more than 1% will be required to be audited annually |
Wisconsin based interstate Bus companies | 50 | No more than 1% will be required to be audited annually |
7. Summary and preliminary comparison with any existing or proposed federal regulation that is intended to address the activities to be regulated by the proposed rule:
As a “base-state” program, UCR is a federally designed program with significant similarities to the IRP and IFTA programs. As base-state programs, motor carriers obtain credentials from their home state. The credentials authorize them to operate in their home state, and in all other participating states. (Note: IRP and IFTA participating jurisdictions include the District of Columbia and ten Canadian provinces. UCR does not include these jurisdictions).
Fees and taxes are collected by the base state from motor carriers based in that state. The base state then shares and nets fees and taxes each month with other jurisdictions to provide to each jurisdiction the fees and taxes due each jurisdiction.
IRP and IFTA, and now UCR, require jurisdictions to audit the compliance of its respective motor carriers with the program, and to collect or refund fees and taxes based on the audit results.
8. Anticipated economic impact of implementing the rule (note if the rule is likely to have a significant economic impact on small businesses):
UCR may have a small effect on a small number of Wisconsin based interstate trucking companies.
For companies up to 1,000 trucks, the maximum underpayment would be up to $76 per year, per truck. It is estimated that penalties adopted in the rule would likely increase this by no more than 100%.
For companies with more than 1,000 trucks, the fee per vehicle maxes out at flat fee for $73,346 for 1,001 or more vehicles. So the average maximum underpayment of the fee itself would decline arithmetically from $73.346 per vehicle as the number of a company’s vehicles exceeds 1,000.
Contact Person:
Jody Grossman, Motor Carrier Audit Supervisor
Wisconsin Department of Transportation – Division of Motor Vehicles
4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Room 151
Madison, WI, 53707
Phone: (608) 264-7239
