Businesses, particularly those with fleets that spend a lot of time on the road these days, could see an increase in automotive related expenses no thanks to a decrease, or reduction, in the business mileage reduction rate the IRS allows for 2017.

The IRS changes for 2017 taxes involve mileage rates as they related to business mileage, medical purposes, and moving purposes. The standard deduction rate for business mileage in cars, vans, pickup trucks, panel trucks, etc. is 54 cents per mile for 2016 taxes. Those rates will decrease to 53.5 cents per mile for 2017. Read the rest of this entry »

There are millions of shipping containers being used by the shipping industry today. With each container carrying between $10,000 and $1,000,000+ worth of goods, it’s surprising to know that very few of them are being monitored or tracked.

The goods news is that technology has evolved making GPS tracking for shipping containers, a viable option to consider.  These are some of the benefits that make GPS container tracking a worthy consideration today. Read the rest of this entry »

Home Builders Using GPS Tracking to Combat Theft

As the local police officer shortage shows no sign of easing, Albuquerque people and businesses are taking the role of policing into their own hands.

When opportunist thieves struck on Papagayo Road during the construction of a new home, they no doubt believed that stealing from the property would be easy. Shortly before this, thieves had broken into one of the Abrazo Homes new houses, stealing $4,000 worth of new cabinets.

In fact, vandalism and burglary have become a real issue in the area, with some houses being repeatedly burgled.

What these burglars didn’t bet on, however, was the fact that Abrazo Homes employees had attached a GPS tracker within a box of cabinets. When these were stolen, the tracker led police directly to the offending people in Southwest Albuquerque. Read the rest of this entry »

Snowmobiling can be an intensely fun way to spend the day during the long winter months or up in the mountains in springtime. Snowmobiles can also be critical transportation when the snow is too deep or roads are too treacherous to traverse in a car or truck. What you may not realize, is that GPS tracking for snowmobiles offers many benefits you’ll want to know more about, including those listed below.

Provides Accurate Location Information for Emergency Response

Snowmobile accidents can be life threatening. In these instances, minutes – even seconds – matter. GPS tracking provides an exact location of where the accident or event took place allowing emergency responders to arrive quickly so they can begin treating the injuries or transporting you for treatment. Read the rest of this entry »

Oregon State University conducted a 5-year study that utilized GPS tracking technology that showed that cows that were grazing actually spent little time in streams.

In fact, the 5-year study showed that only 2.5 percent of time was spent by the grazing cattle on federal rangeland in streams. This finding could be vital since there is continued debate over what type of impact cattle has on public land.

Oregon State University researchers equipped cows that came from 3 different ranches with homemade GPS tracking devices inside their collars. This GPS tracking technology mapped and provided researchers data about the cows’ positions over the five years during the fall and spring grazing seasons. Read the rest of this entry »