What IRP handles
The International Registration Plan apportions commercial-vehicle registration fees among member jurisdictions. A carrier works through its base jurisdiction instead of buying a full annual registration in every jurisdiction where a qualifying vehicle operates.
IRP and IFTA are often discussed together, but they are not the same. IRP handles registration fees. IFTA handles fuel-tax reporting.
There is no single national renewal date
The base jurisdiction controls the account's renewal schedule, forms, mileage reporting, and credential process. The correct tracker date is the actual expiration or filing date shown by the base jurisdiction—not a date guessed from the day the carrier paid.
We Heart Paperwork keeps the company IRP renewal visible and also lets each truck or trailer carry its own registration expiration. Those dates may be related, but they answer different questions.
What to have ready
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The base jurisdiction's renewal notice and deadline.
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Current fleet and vehicle information.
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Distance records for the reporting period required by the jurisdiction.
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Proof of payment and the current cab card for each apportioned vehicle.
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Any vehicle added, sold, or removed since the last filing.