Press Release

Strategy5 Transportation Software Interfaced to Inter-Tax

Strategic Concepts, Inc. announces addition of interface to Inter-Tax fuel tax preparation services.

BENTONVILLE, AR (August 23, 2000) – Strategic Concepts, Inc., industry leader in transportation management systems has just added an interface to Inter-Tax.  Inter-Tax is the largest paperless fuel tax preparation service in the nation, processing over 3,000 tractors each month.

The benefits of the new Strategy5/Inter-tax interface include:

·        Audit Experience
Over the last three years every road-use jurisdiction and six IFTA jurisdictions have audited Inter-Tax. As of January 1, 2000 on 31 completed audits, with an average audited fleet size of 475 tractors, the total assessments have been under $2,700. That’s less than $90 per audit, the best audit track record in the fuel tax service industry.

·        Inter-Tax Process
Using a proprietary “trip-based” technology Inter-Tax segments the GPS data and matches it precisely to each individual load. The result is a detailed GPS route-line for that load. This technology has several important benefits:

o       Compliance with IFTA’s electronic reporting criteria, which require an origin & destination and driver code for each electronic trip record.

o       Elimination of driver trip reports for vehicles equipped with on-board mobile communications.

o       Automated back-up for gaps in the GPS data which allows Inter-Tax to take vehicles to their correct stops and destination even when GPS data is incomplete.

o       Accurate tracking of out-of-route miles by driver, by tractor, and by trip, so that action can be taken to reduce unnecessary costs.

·        Reporting Services
Inter-Tax provides a series of monthly, quarterly, and annual reports as part of our service. These include:

o       All monthly and quarterly road-use & IFTA fuel tax returns, completed, ready for signing.

o       Monthly Fuel Tax by State, Road/Mileage Tax by State, and MPG summaries.

o       Mobile Comm data gap report, summarizing gaps in mobile comm data.

o       Michigan Fuel Rebate & Arizona Over-Purchase Rebate (when applicable) filed quarterly.

o       Annual IRP mileage summaries (available for multiple states if necessary).

o       Annual Ad Valorem mileage summaries by tractor (KS, AR, KY, etc). Note Inter-Tax can also provide trailer level summaries if the trailer records maintained in the dispatch system are accurate.

·        Reporting & Route Analysis Tools
In addition to the monthly, quarterly, and annual reports outlined above, Inter-Tax also provides complete data files on CD-ROM bundled with Reporting & Route Analysis Tools. These tools provide critical information about your business.

o       Reporting System:

·        Mileage reports: Fleet level summary; Tractor level summary with miles by state; Trip by trip mileage details for a tractor.

·        Out-of-route miles summary sorted by tractor or driver (compares shortest and/or practical with actual miles and % out-of-route); & Out-of-route miles trip level detail.

·        Detailed MPG reports with sub-sorting capability (e.g. sort by engine type & model year).

·        Route detail report (electronic trip record).

·        Assorted fuel purchase detail & summary reports.

·        Owner operator charge-back reports sorted by tractor or by owner code (for sub-fleets).

These reports may be exported directly into Excel if you have MS Access installed on the PC.

o       Route Analysis System:

·        Maps practical & actual routes based on criteria you set. 

·        Allows you to print out detailed maps for review by fleet managers or drivers. 

·        Sorts by tractor or by driver so that you can follow problem drivers even when they are slip-seating.

·        Data Integration
Data extracts and uploads are managed through the Strategy 5/Inter-Tax extract system.

·        Audit Support
Complete audit support for all our work is included in the monthly fees. Inter-Tax also archives and maintains all data files and produces all required trip documentation in the event of an audit.

Supported on the Red Hat Linux, IBM AIX and Sun Microsystems Solaris platforms with integrated Microsoft Windows clients, Strategy5 is an integrated package of more than 60 modules for managing small to medium-sized trucking, brokerage and logistics companies. It automates every aspect of a trucking company including marketing, operations, brokerage, accounting, financial, safety, personnel, maintenance and executive management

Contact:
Dave Stevens
(800) 407-7771

http://www.strategy5.com/