It may be close to April 1 but that doesn’t mean you should be fooled into thinking your trucking charges are letter-perfect. Here’s a quick look at some of the major billing errors we found when we took a close look at nearly 250,000 of the LTL invoices our clients recently received.
11,881
Total errors discovered (approximately 4.5% of total audited)
42.8%
Of total errors (5,088) were attributable to inaccurate accessorial charges
14.4%
Of total errors (1,708) were attributable to inaccurate fuel surcharges
12.3%
Of total errors (1,466) were attributable to freight misclassifications
10.3%
Of total errors (1,229) were attributable to discount, minimum, or rate errors
