IFTA jurisdictions grant two-month grace period for decal display

CHANDLER, Ariz. (Jan. 4, 2002) — Carriers have a two-month grace period to display decals showing proof of current-year registration under the International Fuel Tax Agreement.

The grace period is typically extended to carriers registered in jurisdictions new to IFTA. Because there are no new member jurisdictions implementing the IFTA in 2002, all IFTA carriers are allowed a two-month grace period to display current-year IFTA licence and decals, according to Lonette Turner, deputy executive director of the International Fuel Tax Association Inc., which co-ordinates policy and implementation of the plan.

However, carriers must maintain the proper credentials for travelling in member jurisdictions until they display the valid IFTA license and decals.

Carriers must display one of the following to travel through IFTA member jurisdictions for the first two months of 2002: 1) a valid 2002 IFTA license and two IFTA decals issued by an IFTA member jurisdiction; a valid 2001 IFTA license and two IFTA decals from a jurisdiction that was an IFTA member during 2001; or a valid trip permit issued by the IFTA member jurisdiction through which they are operating.

IFTA is a fuel tax prorate agreement among 48 states and 10 provinces.