Georgia IRP: Apportioned Registration, Fees and the Distance Schedule

Georgia IRP apportioned registration is issued by the Department of Revenue's Motor Vehicle Division to carriers that run qualified vehicles into other states or provinces, and the fee is split by where the fleet drives. The Department of Revenue also runs the state's IFTA program, so one department handles both: IRP applications and renewals go through the Georgia Trucking Portal, and IFTA through the Georgia Tax Center. Atlanta is a major freight hub in the Southeast, and the Port of Savannah is one of the busiest container ports in the country. A Georgia-based fleet runs into Florida, Alabama, Tennessee and the Carolinas as routine work, and registers with Georgia as its base jurisdiction.

You open a new Georgia IRP account through EZ IRP, the Department of Revenue's online request tool, by sending the Schedule G new account application, the Schedule A vehicle form and your supporting documents. Login credentials come only after the Motor Vehicle Division reviews and approves the file. County tag offices and the Southmeadow MVD office cannot process IRP registrations, so the whole process runs online.

To name Georgia as your base jurisdiction, you prove an established place of business with five documents from the Department of Revenue's list, or Georgia residency with three, and you cannot mix the two lists. Every proof must show the same address, and post office boxes and virtual offices are refused. The fleet also has to produce Georgia miles, and its records must be kept in Georgia or be available there.

Expect to send a copy of the applicant's driver's licence, proof of liability insurance (a card, binder or certificate; declarations pages are not accepted), a Georgia title receipt, any equipment or employment lease, and IRS Schedule 1 of Form 2290 for every VIN registered over 54,999 pounds. The department asks you to allow five business days for a reply. Once approved, you receive your login credentials and an invoice, and payment generates a Temporary Apportioned Permit so the truck can run while the plate and cab card arrive by mail.

For a Southeast regional fleet, the Georgia schedule shows meaningful percentages in Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina. Long-haul operations on the I-75 and I-85 corridors add the Midwest and the Northeast. Savannah drayage adds short runs across the line into South Carolina, and trip sheets tend to miss those. Telematics reports distance by jurisdiction from continuously logged position, which gives you the July-to-June schedule for each unit and the IFTA quarter from the same data, both filed with the same agency.

Georgia's Department of Public Safety Motor Carrier Compliance Division runs inspections at the weigh stations on I-75, I-85, I-20 and I-95, and checks cab cards, IFTA decals and ELD records together. If you keep all of them current from one telematics dataset, your trucks spend the least time at the scale.

The essentials for a Georgia-based fleet. Confirm current procedures and fee schedules with the agency before you renew.