The 180-Day Rule for Balance-Due Freight Invoices
A balance due freight invoice 180 days after the original bill has a statutory problem. What 49 U.S.C. 13710 says, and the reply that ends most rebills.
By Emily11 min read
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37 articles tagged disputes from the CheckMyFreightBill freight audit desk.
Freight Overcharge Claim Process After You Already Paid
Paid the invoice, then found the error? The freight overcharge claim process under 49 CFR 378 gives the carrier 60 days to pay, decline, or settle it.
By Emily13 min read
Additional Stop Charge in Trucking: How Each Stop Bills
An additional stop charge in trucking is pure contract, not regulation. Here is which stops bill, how the miles should rate, and how to audit each stop-off.
By Alex11 min read
Parcel Surcharge Audit: Residential and DAS Fees
A parcel surcharge audit on residential and DAS fees runs the same two-part test as an LTL accessorial dispute. Here is the mapping and the evidence to pull.
By Alex11 min read
Drayage Invoice Charges Explained: The Port-to-Door Stack
Drayage invoice charges explained line by line: who bills each fee from port to door, which ones legitimately overlap, and which you should never pay twice.
By Alex12 min read
Retroactive Reclass Charges After the 2025 NMFC Change
Reclass charges arrive weeks after delivery. How to audit retroactive reclass charges against the 2025 NMFC density change, and recover what you already paid.
By Reena11 min read
Minimum Billable Weight LTL: Why 200 lbs Bills as 1,000
A 200-pound shipment billed at 1,000 pounds is often correct. How minimum billable weight in LTL, cube rules and deficit weight work, and when to dispute.
By Reena11 min read
LTL Reweigh Fee Dispute: What the Carrier Must Show
An LTL reweigh fee dispute rests on the scale ticket. Here is what the carrier has to produce, what federal rules require, and what is only in the tariff.
By Reena11 min read
LTL Reclassification Charge Dispute: Beat the Dimensioner
A reclassification charge dispute in LTL turns on the dimensioner reading. Here is what to demand from the carrier, what the NMFC decides, and how to win it.
By Reena12 min read
NMFC Freight Class 2025 Changes: How Class Is Set Now
NMFC freight class 2025 changes took effect July 19, 2025, moving most items to one density scale. What changed, what did not, and how to audit a reclass.
By Reena11 min read
When Not to Dispute a Carrier Invoice: A Decision Rule
When not to dispute a carrier invoice: five cases where the charge is right, the real math on what a dispute costs you, and how to drop one gracefully.
By Reena9 min read
Factoring Chargebacks and Reserves: Reading a Settlement
A factoring chargeback on a settlement to a carrier is usually a broker short-pay in disguise. Here is a worked statement, line by line, and how to trace it.
By Reena10 min read
Freight Short Pay Letter: A Template That Holds Up
A short pay letter freight template with the CFR citations built in, plus what to attach so your deduction reads as an audit finding, not a nonpayment.
By Emily11 min read
Should I Short Pay a Carrier Invoice? Run the Math
Should you short pay a carrier invoice or pay in full and file a claim? Here is the threshold formula, the clocks each path starts, and when to skip both.
By Emily11 min read
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.
By Alex9 min read
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.
By Alex10 min read
Freight Claim vs Invoice Dispute: Two Different Clocks
Freight claim vs invoice dispute: one is about the cargo, one is about the charges. Different deadlines, different rules, different forms. Do not mix them up.
By Jordan11 min read
Freight Claim Salvage Rights: Who Owns Damaged Freight
Freight claim salvage rights decide who keeps damaged goods and who keeps the money. Here is what 49 CFR 370.11 requires and how salvage credit is calculated.
By Jordan10 min read
Concealed Damage Freight Claim: Why It Gets Denied
A concealed damage freight claim is the hardest to win because you signed clean. Here is the notice and inspection sequence that decides whether it survives.
By Jordan11 min read
How to File a Freight Claim That Does Not Get Denied
How to file a freight claim the carrier cannot reject on a technicality: the 9-month window, the four elements 49 CFR 370.3 requires, and the documents.
By Jordan11 min read
Chassis Per Diem Charge Dispute: Auditing Drayage Dwell
A chassis per diem charge dispute starts by separating three overlapping dwell charges on the same container. Here is the timeline method that resolves it.
By Reena11 min read
Detention Proof With No Gate Log: What Actually Works
Need detention proof but no gate log exists at the facility? Here are the substitute records that hold up, ranked by strength, and how to build the claim.
By Reena12 min read
Detention Rounding Increments: Recompute the Billing
Detention rounding increments quietly inflate billing by up to an hour a load. Here is the math on 15-minute versus hourly conventions and how to recheck it.
By Reena11 min read
Detention vs Demurrage vs Per Diem: Who Owes What
Detention vs demurrage vs per diem: what each charge actually bills for, which party owes it, and the specific evidence that wins each kind of dispute.
By Reena11 min read
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.
By Alex13 min read
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.
By Alex11 min read
Sort and Segregate Charge vs Lumper: Who Did the Work
Sort and segregate charge vs lumper vs driver assist: three labor fees for the same work on one load. Here is how to tell them apart and stop the double bill.
By Jordan12 min read
Redelivery Fee Freight Dispute: When the Carrier Caused It
A redelivery fee freight dispute turns on one question: who caused the first attempt to fail. Here is the causation test, the evidence, and the storage clock.
By Jordan12 min read
Residential Delivery Fee LTL Dispute: Audit the Address
A residential delivery fee LTL dispute is won at the address classifier, not the dock. Here is how to prove a stop is commercial and get the fee removed.
By Jordan11 min read
Limited Access Delivery Fee: What Counts, What Does Not
A limited access delivery fee is owed only if the site matches a category in the carrier rules tariff. Here is how to check yours and challenge the class.
By Jordan10 min read
Reconsignment vs Diversion Charge: How to Stop Double Bills
A reconsignment vs diversion charge dispute usually starts with one change order billed twice. Here is what each term means and how to get the duplicate off.
By Jordan12 min read
What Is a Lumper Fee? Who Pays It and How to Get Repaid
What is a lumper fee, who actually pays it, and how the receipt, Comchek and rate confirmation language decide whether the carrier gets reimbursed in full.
By Jordan10 min read
Accessorial Charges List: Every Fee and How to Verify It
An accessorial charges list that pairs each fee with the document that proves or disproves it: liftgate, detention, lumper, TONU, limited access and more.
By Jordan11 min read
The 6 Documents That Win a Detention Dispute
Detention denials usually come down to missing paperwork. These six documents, in this order, are what carriers and brokers actually accept as proof.
By Reena12 min read
Liftgate Fee on a Dock Delivery: How to Dispute It
A liftgate charge on a dock-to-dock load is one of the easiest overcharges to disprove. Here is the two-document proof and the dispute language to send.
By Jordan12 min read
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.
By Alex11 min read
Detention Charge With No POD Times: How to Dispute It
Carrier billed detention but the POD has no in or out times? Here is the evidence that beats it, plus a dispute letter you can copy and send today.
By Reena13 min read