The Tax Defense Playbook is a 2026 workbook. You type the monthly dollars. It has 68 expense lines, a per diem tab, quarterly estimates, and a year-end sheet for an accountant. 206 formulas. Not tax advice.
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This does not prepare the tax return and it does not replace a CPA. It is the record you keep so the return has numbers behind it.
Start a deduction log before the first year of receipts is a pile of photos on your phone.
Keep fuel, insurance, maintenance, tolls, and per diem in the same workbook your CPA can read.
If you want someone to file the return, hire a trucking CPA. This sheet is the homework you bring them.
12 months plus a total column. 68 expense rows in 7 groups: fuel and travel, the truck, insurance and permits, professional fees, office and software, on-the-road costs, and depreciation, interest, and other items.
Days away from home by month. The daily rate starts at $80 and the deductible share starts at 80%. Both cells can be changed. The sheet calculates gross per diem and the deductible amount.
Q1 through Q4. Federal, self-employment, and state rates are cells you can change. The sheet prints April 15, June 15, September 15, and January 15.
Freight, fuel surcharge, detention and accessorial, and other revenue, against 10 expense lines, then net profit and margin by month.
Labeled for an accountant. Income pulls from the P&L. Deduction categories are typed in from the tracker. A formula estimates self-employment tax. It is not a filed return.
Blue cells are inputs. Black cells are formulas. The sheet says it is for tracking only, not tax advice.
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Six tabs: 68 expense lines, a per diem calculator at an editable $80 a day and 80%, quarterly estimates, a monthly P&L, a year-end sheet for an accountant, and instructions. 206 formulas. Excel and Google Sheets. It is for tracking, not tax advice.
No. It is a record-keeping sheet. A CPA still prepares the return. The summary is what you hand them.
An Excel file that also opens in Google Sheets. You enter your numbers.
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