Date Published: October 13th, 2026 1099 vs. W-2 Truck Drivers: What Actually Determines Classification? Can a truck driver choose to be paid as a 1099 contractor? What if they have an LLC? What if they own the truck? What if they sign an independent contractor agreement? Trucking companies hear these questions all the time because […]
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How to Switch Truck Drivers From 1099 to W-2 Without Losing Them Date Published: October 12th, 2026 Realizing your truck drivers should probably be W-2 employees is one thing. Actually changing them from 1099 to W-2 is another. You have to decide when the change happens, figure out what their new paychecks will look like,
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Trucking Fleets Grow for Third Consecutive Month as Driver Turnover Falls Published: October 2nd, 2026 Key Takeaways Who Is This For? This report is for trucking-company owners, executives, CFOs, controllers, HR leaders and payroll professionals who want to understand what is happening with driver employment, pay and turnover. The information comes from anonymized payroll data
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Published: October 1st, 2026 When Can You Pay a Truck Driver 1099? What a Real Owner-Operator Looks Like There is nothing automatically wrong with paying a truck driver as a 1099 independent contractor. There are plenty of legitimate owner-operators in trucking who operate their own businesses, take on financial risk, make their own business decisions,
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Do You Need a TMS Integration to Outsource Payroll for Your Trucking Company? Published: September 30th, 2026 Executive Summary If you are considering outsourcing payroll for your trucking company, one of your first questions may be: Does the payroll company integrate with our TMS? It is an important question, but it may not be the
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Published: September 24th, 2026 What Happens If a 1099 Truck Driver Is Misclassified? You have been paying a truck driver as a 1099 independent contractor. Maybe it has been six months. Maybe it has been three years. Maybe you have paid 20, 50, or even 100 drivers the same way. Then someone determines that the
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Published: September 21st, 2026 The 7 Biggest Problems Trucking Companies Run Into When Outsourcing Payroll Outsourcing payroll isn’t automatically better. In fact, for some trucking companies, outsourcing payroll can make things worse. That’s especially true for larger fleets. A trucking company with 25 trucks may have an owner or office manager who would gladly hand
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8 Biggest 1099 Truck Driver Misclassification Mistakes Published: August 31st, 2026 Putting a truck driver on a 1099 does not make that driver an independent contractor. Having the driver sign an independent contractor agreement does not make the driver an independent contractor either. And even if the driver asks, insists, or demands to be paid
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Published: August 24th, 2026 Can You Legally Pay a Truck Driver as a 1099 Contractor? Yes, you can legally pay a truck driver as a 1099 independent contractor. But you cannot simply decide that a driver is an independent contractor. The driver cannot decide it either. A driver can ask to be paid on a 1099. You
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Published August 18th, 2026 1099 vs. W-2 Truck Drivers: You Don’t Get to Choose One of the most common questions trucking company owners ask is surprisingly simple: Can I pay my truck drivers as 1099 independent contractors instead of W-2 employees? The answer isn’t based on which option you prefer. It isn’t based on which
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