IRS Form 2290 & Form 8849 Filing Solution for Truckers from Gulf Winds.

Form 2290 is the Heavy Vehicle Use Tax Return. It is the form used to figure out and pay the tax due on motor vehicles operating on public highways with a taxable gross weight of 55,000 pounds or more. The taxation period runs from July 1st to June 30th of the following year and is due by August 31st. However, for first used vehicles your HVUT is due the last day of the month following the first used month. For example, if you first use a new vehicle in April then your 2290 is due by May 31st.

Anyone who is filing a return for 25 or more vehicles is required to file electronically.

The electronic version of IRS Form 2290 will improve excise tax processing, expedite refunds, save personal resources (e.g., time & postage), and reduce preparation and processing errors. Your 2290 Schedule 1 will be available almost immediately (once your return is accepted by the IRS).

E-file online with ExpressTruckTax to put an end to waiting for your form to come in the mail or standing in long lines at the IRS office!

• Create your FREE account with ExpressTruckTax
• Enter your basic business details
• Enter your EIN (Employer Identification Number)
• Enter your VIN (Vehicle Identification Number)
• Enter the gross weight of your vehicle (Combined gross weight)
• Choose your IRS payment method
• Transmit your information to the IRS
• Receive your stamped Schedule 1

Once you have transmitted your return to the IRS, and it is accepted, you will receive your stamped Schedule 1 in minutes! It’s that simple.

To learn more about Form 2290, please visit at https://www.irs.gov/forms-pubs/about-form-2290

Form 2290 must be filed by the last day of the month following the month of first use. Usually, Form 2290 will be due by August 31st, for the vehicles first used in July for the tax period starting from July 1st to June 30th.

Yes! The IRS will be accepting credit and debit card payments.
You can also pay your IRS Form 2290 Heavy Vehicle Use Tax using any of the following methods:
(1) Electronic Funds Withdrawal (EFW)
(2) Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS)
(3) Check or Money Order
(4) Credit or Debit card

The Heavy Vehicle Use Tax is paid by Form 2290 annually for heavy vehicles operating on public highways with registered gross weights equal to or exceeding 55,000 pounds.

• The actual unloaded tare weight of the vehicle fully equipped for service.
• The actual unloaded weight of any trailers or semitrailers fully equipped for service customarily used in combination with the vehicle, and
• The weight of the maximum load customarily carried on the vehicle and on any trailers or semitrailers customarily used in combination with the vehicle.
• For buses, the taxable gross weight is its actual unloaded weight fully equipped for service, plus 150 pounds for each seat provided for passengers and the driver.

The IRS Form 8849 Schedule 6 is used to file in order to claim your credit. If your vehicle was sold, stolen, destroyed, or for any vehicle on which the tax was paid on Form 2290 if the vehicle was used 5,000 miles or less on public highways (7,500 or less for agricultural vehicles) during the tax period.

If the gross taxable weight is between 55,000 to 75,000 pounds, the HVUT is $100, plus $22 per 1,000 pounds over 55,000 pounds. For over 75,000-pound vehicles, the maximum HVUT is $550 per year. The taxes are lower for logging vehicles—vehicles primarily used for exclusive transport of products harvested from the forest and that are registered with a state agency as such.

For any vehicles placed into service after July, the taxes are prorated.