2027 Trucking Compliance Calendar

The 2027 deadline table

Dated items first, in calendar order, then the deadlines that follow your own numbers rather than the calendar. Where a filing runs through a service, the last column links straight to it.

Is 2027 your MCS-150 year, and which month?

The biennial update schedule in 49 CFR §390.19T reads directly off your USDOT number. The next-to-last digit picks the year: odd digit, odd-numbered years - so 2027 is your year if that digit is 1, 3, 5, 7, or 9. The last digit picks the month:

So a USDOT number ending in 37 files in July 2027 (last digit 7 = July; next-to-last digit 3 is odd = odd years), while one ending in 47 also files in July - but in 2028, because 4 is even. Two carriers, same month, different years, and the MCS-150 deadline calculator settles it from your full number. The update is free, takes minutes, and a lapse authorizes USDOT deactivation and civil penalties under §390.19T. If you would rather never think about it, fastmcs150filing.com tracks and files it. Already missed a cycle? Start with the late-filing consequences guide.

Deadlines that follow your numbers, not the calendar

• IRP renewal. Apportioned plates renew annually on your base jurisdiction’s cycle - some states use a single date, most stagger by registration month. Check the cab card, and have the IRS-stamped 2290 Schedule 1 ready; the DMV asks for it at renewal. See the IRP registration guide.
• Form 2290 for trucks added mid-year. The August 31 date covers vehicles in service in July. A truck first used in any later month owes a prorated return by the last day of the following month - first use November 2027, file by December 31, 2027. fast2290filing.com files either case.
• Clearinghouse annual query - at least one query per CDL driver in every 12-month period under 49 CFR §382.701(b). Most carriers batch it once a calendar year; a driver-screening service like fastdriverscreening.com runs the queries and the consortium together.
• Annual MVR review per driver, at least every 12 months (49 CFR §391.25), plus the medical certificate on its own expiry.
• BOC-3 - the one filing on this page with no renewal. The process-agent designation under 49 CFR Part 366 is one-time… until an authority is revoked. Reinstatement requires a fresh BOC-3 on file, so if 2027 includes recovering a revoked MC, budget the filing at fastboc3filing.com alongside the reinstatement itself at fastreinstatementfiling.com.
• State weight-distance accounts (NY HUT, KY KYU, NM WDT, OR weight-mile) file on each state’s own cycle for as long as the account is open - fastpermitfiling.com handles the accounts and returns.

Common questions about the 2027 calendar

When does 2027 UCR registration open?

It is expected to open October 1, 2026, matching the UCR Plan’s usual October 1 opening - but the board has not officially posted the 2027 opening date or fee schedule yet. Enforcement for a registration year typically begins January 1, so plan to register during the fall window and treat January 1, 2027 as the date roadside enforcement can start. UCR is annual under 49 USC §14504a for interstate carriers, brokers, and forwarders, with the fee bracket set by the power units on your most recent MCS-150.

Is my MCS-150 due in 2027?

Only if the next-to-last digit of your USDOT number is odd (1, 3, 5, 7, 9). The month comes from the last digit: 1 through 9 map to January through September, and 0 means October. If your next-to-last digit is even, your window fell in 2026 and comes again in 2028 - but it still pays to keep the form current in between: UCR reads your power-unit count off your latest MCS-150 every fall, and a stale count puts you in the wrong fee bracket.

When is Form 2290 due for the 2027–28 period?

August 31, 2027 for any taxable vehicle (55,000 lbs or more) first used in July 2027, which is the start of the July 1, 2027 – June 30, 2028 tax period. Filing season opens July 1. A vehicle first used in a later month owes by the last day of the month after first use, prorated. Note the flip side for early 2027: a truck placed in service in, say, February 2027 files on the 2026–27 return by March 31, 2027 - it does not wait for the new period.

What are the exact IFTA due dates in 2027?

Q4 2026 is due January 31, 2027; Q1 2027 is due April 30; Q2 is due July 31; Q3 is due October 31; and Q4 2027 follows on January 31, 2028. File for every quarter you hold the license, including zero-mile quarters. In 2027, January 31 and October 31 land on Sundays and July 31 on a Saturday; jurisdictions generally accept the next business day, but the safe habit is filing by the listed date.

Does BOC-3 ever come due again?

Not on a schedule. The designation stays on file for the life of the authority, and most carriers never touch it after activation. It comes back only on events: your process agent cancels the designation, or FMCSA revokes the authority and you reinstate - reinstatement requires a current BOC-3 on file before the authority returns to ACTIVE. The reinstatement guide walks the full sequence.