Freight Bill Credit Terms Under 49 CFR 377: The 15-Day Rule
Freight bill credit terms under 49 CFR 377 give 15 days to pay, up to 30 by tariff, and bar late fees unless the carrier revises the bill within 90 days.
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Alex
Rates & Fuel Surcharge
Alex handles rate and fuel surcharge mechanics at CheckMyFreightBill, including index recomputation and contract rate comparison.
What Must Be on a Freight Bill: 49 CFR 373.103 Explained
What must be on a freight bill is set by 49 CFR 373.103. Here is the required list, what each element catches, and how to use it as an invoice defect list.
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How to Negotiate Accessorial Charges in a Carrier Contract
The cheapest way to negotiate accessorial charges in a carrier contract is free time, caps, authorization rules, and who proves what, rather than the rate itself.
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Rate Confirmation Required Fields, and What Each Prevents
A field-by-field spec of rate confirmation required fields for brokers, with the exact settlement dispute each field forecloses before it can ever start.
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Carrier Rules Tariff Incorporated by Reference, Explained
Your contract has one sentence pulling in a carrier rules tariff incorporated by reference. Here is what that document controls and how to get a copy of it.
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Carrier Contract Clauses That Decide Your Freight Bill
Six carrier contract clauses generate almost every freight billing dispute. Here is what each controls, how to read it, and the language to fix at renewal.
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A Fuel Surcharge Audit Checklist: 6 Checks Per Invoice
A fuel surcharge audit checklist for any invoice: six checks, the document each one needs, and the exact error each one catches. Copy it and run it monthly.
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Fuel Surcharge Below Base Price: What Actually Happens
What happens to a fuel surcharge below base price? In nearly every contract it floors at zero, not a credit. Here is the clause that actually decides it.
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Can Fuel Surcharges Be Negotiated? What Actually Moves
Can fuel surcharges be negotiated? Yes, but not the index. Here are the levers that move: the peg, the MPG assumption, the cap, the base and the week.
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PC Miler Practical vs Shortest Miles on Your Invoice
PC Miler practical vs shortest miles billing changes the linehaul and the fuel surcharge on the same lane. Here is how to audit the mileage basis you pay on.
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Is Your Fuel Surcharge Applied to Accessorials?
A fuel surcharge applied to accessorials is legitimate under some rules tariffs and an overcharge under others. Here is how to find the base and check it.
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How to Read an LTL Carrier's Fuel Surcharge Table
An LTL fuel surcharge table is a bracket lookup, not a formula. How to read one, where the percentage comes from, and how to check it against an invoice.
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Which PADD? National vs Regional Fuel Surcharge Index
National vs regional fuel surcharge index: what a PADD is, which series your contract really names, and what the wrong one costs on every load you tender.
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How Fuel Surcharges Work in Trucking: Index, Peg, Scale
How the fuel surcharge works in trucking, end to end: the EIA index, the peg, the scale, and the week that applies, recomputed to the invoiced dollar.
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Which DOE Week Applies to Your Fuel Surcharge?
Carriers bill fuel surcharge off the wrong DOE week more often than you would think. Here is how to find the right week and recompute the charge yourself.
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Calculate a Truckload Fuel Surcharge From the DOE Index
The full fuel surcharge formula: peg price, MPG assumption, DOE weekly index, and cents per mile. Worked example with real numbers you can check yourself.
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