The Commercial Vehicle and Driver Services Program registers and audits commercial motor carriers (trucking companies) based in Florida to ensure they pay their proper share of road use and fuel taxes apportioned in Florida and other states.

The Commercial Vehicle and Driver Services Program registers and audits Florida-based commercial motor carriers under the International Registration Plan (IRP) and the International Fuel Use Tax Agreement (IFTA). The State of Florida is required by Title 49, U.S. Code, Subtitle VI, Part B, Ch. 317, to maintain its commercial motor vehicle registration and fuel use tax reporting laws and programs in conformance with the IRP and IFTA.
The IRP is an interstate agreement among various states and Canadian provinces that allows a carrier to register a vehicle one time in a single jurisdiction and satisfy the registration requirements for all other participating jurisdictions.  Once registered, the carrier is allowed to perform intrastate and interstate operations.
The IFTA is an interstate agreement among various states and Canadian provinces that allows a carrier to obtain a fuel tax license in one state and report all operations for fuel tax purposes to that one state. Registration fees and fuel taxes owed to other jurisdictions are then distributed accordingly. This program monitors commercial driver license third party testing partners and provides contract management and regulatory oversight for entities conducting commercial driver's license tests.

Under the International Registration Plan and International Fuel Tax Agreement, the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is required to meet certain audit standards or be subject to termination provisions. In 2019, the Commercial Vehicle and Driver Services Program met the 3% standard for the number of audits completed for the International Registration Plan Agreement, having finalized fleet audits for 3.16% of renewed trucking fleets. The program also met the number of audits required by the International Fuel Tax Agreement. Each state is required to audit, on average, 3% of all existing licenses each year, excluding new licenses. Florida audited 3.02% of licenses in 2019.

The Commercial Vehicle and Driver Services Program is funded as part of the Motorist Services budget entity.

Other Reports

The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles' Office of Inspector General reports are available by emailing inspectorgeneral@fhsmv.gov.

Websites of Interest
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Commercial Driver License
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Cabinet and Legislature Reports & Statistics
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, Useful Web Links
Department of Transportation
Florida Transportation Commission
U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Performance Information

Performance measures and standards for the department may be found in its Long Range Program Plan.

Sections 207.0281 and 320.0715, Florida Statutes.

Jay Levenstein, Chief of Commercial Vehicle and Driver Services, 850-617-2600

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