Let L/K be a Galois separable field extension, then classical Galois descent theory describes algebraic objects over K, such as for example K-varieties, as being equivalent to algebraic objects over L endowed with a $Gal(L/K)$-action which is $\sigma$-linear. If L/K is not separable, though, such a theory does not apply for the simple reason that the field of $Gal(L/K)$-invariants is strictly bigger than K. We will present how this inconvenient can be bypassed using the automorphism group of truncated polynomials over L and hence obtaining a Galois descent theory for inseparable extensions.