Driver pay

Driver pay and settlement software for small trucking companies

Paying drivers by hand means pulling every load, every mile and every advance into a spreadsheet each week. In LaneTally the weekly statement fills in from the loads the driver delivered, and the driver can see how it was figured.

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Choose how each driver is paid

Each driver keeps their own pay type, so a mixed fleet is not a problem:

• Per mile: dollars per mile, for example $0.58 a mile.
• Percent of the load: a share of the load rate, for example 27%.
• Flat per load: the same dollar amount for each load.
• Per hour: dollars per hour.

Team drivers split the pay 50/50 or the way you set it. You also mark whether each driver is a contractor (1099) or an employee (W-2). Pay for yourself and your office staff is kept separate from driver statements (see the last section).

Weekly settlement statements, filled in for you

There is one statement per driver per week, from their delivered loads. Approved detention and extra stops are added by themselves, with the driver's share. Then you add what changes from week to week:

• Bonuses and other extra payments.
• Advances.
• Fuel card and other deductions.

When you mark a statement paid, it goes into the books as driver pay. You never type it twice. See trucking accounting software.

Drivers see their own pay

In the driver app, "My pay" shows each weekly statement, what is not paid yet, and a "Your trips" table with how each load was paid. When a driver can check the math on their own, there are fewer phone calls on payday. Drivers see only their own loads and pay.

Detention pay that reaches the driver

The driver taps "I arrived" at the delivery and LaneTally starts counting waiting time. Each broker has its own free hours, rate per hour and time limits for reporting detention, and your Home tells you when detention started and when to send the request by. "Email the broker" opens an email with the arrival time, the appointment and the free time. Once approved, the driver's share is on their weekly pay.

The yearly pay summary in January

The Yearly pay summary shows what each driver earned in the year and which W-9 details are missing. It is information only, not a 1099. On screen only the last 4 digits of the tax number show. LaneTally does not file 1099s or make tax forms. When your accountant gives you a driver's 1099 or W-2, you can upload it, and the driver finds it under "Your tax papers" in My pay.

This is information only, not tax advice. Check with your accountant.

Who can run payroll

A carrier owner runs driver pay personally, or gives it to an Office / Bookkeeper team member. If the owner works with a dispatcher, they can turn on a switch that lets the dispatcher do the owner's books and pay, and turn it off at any time. Many dispatchers offer that as a paid service. See truck dispatch software and owner operator software.

Pay yourself, with taxes set aside

Owners and dispatchers have My pay for themselves. It shows what is left in the books, a tax set-aside (25% by default, you can change it) and what is "Available to take". Driver fuel receipts also feed your fuel by state for IFTA reporting. See trucking expense tracking for how receipts get approved.