Compliance Services
IFTA, Form 2290, UCR, MCS-150, BOC-3, IRP, and MVR retrieval — administrative services billed separately from insurance, with every recurring deadline tracked so nothing lapses.
Riskara Insurance Group provides fee-based DOT and FMCSA compliance services to motor carriers — the filings and registrations that keep your operating authority active and your fleet legal. These are administrative services billed as flat fees paid directly to Riskara, and they are separate and distinct from insurance: when we place a policy, the insurance carrier bills the insured directly for the premium. Whether you run one truck or a small fleet, we prepare and submit the paperwork and track every recurring deadline — IFTA quarters, the annual Form 2290, UCR renewal, the MCS-150 biennial update, IRP renewal — so a missed filing never costs you your authority or puts you out of service.
MCS-150 biennial updates (the USDOT update FMCSA requires every 24 months). BOC-3 process-agent designation, required before your authority activates. UCR annual registration for every interstate carrier. IFTA licensing, decals, and quarterly fuel-tax returns. Form 2290 Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax for vehicles at 55,000 lbs and above. IRP apportioned plate registration and renewal. SCAC code registration through the NMFTA and UIIA intermodal agreements through IANA. Illinois intrastate authority through the Illinois Commerce Commission and Texas intrastate registration through TxDMV. State weight-distance permits for Kentucky (KYU), New York (HUT), New Mexico, and Oregon. Driver qualification file setup and annual vehicle inspection tracking.
Most compliance trouble is not complexity, it is a calendar problem. IFTA returns are due April 30, July 31, October 31, and January 31 for the preceding quarter. Form 2290 is due August 31 for the tax period beginning July 1. UCR opens in the fall and must be completed by December 31 for the following registration year. The MCS-150 comes due every 24 months based on your filing history. IRP renews on your state's schedule, and annual vehicle inspections run on each unit's own anniversary. We keep all of it on a tracked schedule per client and reach out ahead of each deadline rather than waiting for you to remember.
If you are hauling intermodal containers you need a SCAC code from the NMFTA and a UIIA agreement on file with IANA before a railyard or ocean carrier will release equipment to you. We handle SCAC registration and UIIA setup, including adding the individual railyards and equipment providers you plan to pull from. Association and registration fees charged by NMFTA and IANA are separate from our service fee and are paid to those organizations.
When we quote a carrier's insurance, underwriters require a Motor Vehicle Report on each driver, and we order those as part of building the submission. MVR fees are a pass-through of what the reporting service and the state charge, billed at cost with no markup. Some states charge considerably more than others, and we tell you the cost before we pull the record.
If you are starting your own authority, the compliance pieces have to happen in the right order or your activation stalls. You need a USDOT number, a BOC-3 process agent on file, UCR registration, and your insurance filing before FMCSA will let you operate. If you are running interstate you will also want IFTA and, in most cases, IRP apportioned plates before your first load. We handle the filings and tell you plainly what is required now versus what can wait until you are actually rolling.
Owner-operators with a single truck, small and mid-size fleets, intrastate carriers in Illinois and Texas, and interstate carriers running nationally. Compliance filings are administrative services and are not limited by insurance licensing, so we file for carriers based in any state. Insurance placement is a separate service limited to the states where we hold producer licenses — Illinois, Texas, Indiana, and Ohio. Full service in Arabic and English.
No. Compliance filings are a separate service with their own flat fee. Plenty of carriers use us for IFTA and 2290 while insured elsewhere, and plenty of our insurance clients handle their own filings. You can use either service on its own.
Quarterly: April 30 for Q1, July 31 for Q2, October 31 for Q3, and January 31 for Q4. Returns are required even for a quarter with no miles — a zero return still has to be filed, and missing one is a common way carriers end up with penalties and a suspended IFTA license.
For most carriers, August 31 for the tax period that begins July 1. If you put a new vehicle into service mid-year, 2290 is due by the last day of the month following the month you first used it. You need the stamped Schedule 1 to register plates.
FMCSA requires the update every 24 months, and the schedule ties to your USDOT number and filing history. We track the date for every client we handle and reach out before it comes due. Letting it lapse can deactivate your USDOT number, which stops you from operating.
Unified Carrier Registration is an annual fee based on fleet size, required for interstate carriers, brokers, and freight forwarders. Registration for the coming year opens in the fall and closes December 31. Enforcement checks it roadside, and unregistered carriers get fined in participating states.
Each service is a flat administrative fee quoted before we file, so you know the cost upfront. Government and association fees — the UCR fee, 2290 tax, IRP fees, state permit costs, NMFTA and IANA registration fees — are separate and paid to those agencies.
Yes. Illinois intrastate carriers need authority through the Illinois Commerce Commission rather than FMCSA, and Texas intrastate carriers register with TxDMV. Both are different filings from the federal process and we handle them.
Tell us your USDOT number and which filings you need. We quote the fee upfront and track every deadline from there — in English or Arabic.
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