IRS Payment Instructions

Paying Taxes for your 2290 to the IRS

Step by Step Instructions to Pay your Taxes for your completed 2290

 

Next Steps

 

You’ve chosen to file your return with the IRS electronically. There are just a couple more things to take care of, and then you’re done!

If you chose Direct Debit:

The IRS will initiate an electronic funds withdrawal (direct debit) from your bank, using the bank details you have provided along with your return. Please make sure that you have enough funds in the bank to cover the tax dues. To revoke a payment, you must contact the U.S. Treasury Financial Agent at 1-888-353-4537 no later than 2 business days before the payment (settlement) date.

 

If you chose EFTPS:

You need to schedule the EFTPS payment as soon as possible. Please visit eftps.gov or call 1-800-555-4477. For EFTPS payments to be on time, you must initiate the transaction at least 1 business day before the date the payment is due.

 

If you chose Check or Money Order:

If you use this method, please print the completed payment voucher 2290-V (page 5 of the completed form 2290).

  • Do not send cash. Make your check or money order payable to the United States Treasury. Write your name, address, EIN, “Form 2290,” and the date (as entered in Box 3) on your payment.
  • Detach the payment voucher 2290-V and send it with your If you have filed electronically, do not send Form 2290 and Schedule 1 with the payment voucher.
  • Do not staple your payment to the voucher or Form
  • Send the payment and voucher 2290-Vto:

Internal Revenue Service

P.O. Box 932500

Louisville, KY 40293-2500

 

If you choose Credit or Debit Card:

It is recommended to pay prior to the last day of the month following the first used month. You must go to irs.gov./payments and make your IRS tax payment.

(Note: Additional fees will be applied by the credit card processor)

 

What to expect from ExpressTruckTax and the IRS

The IRS will process your return and issue Schedule 1 electronically with a timestamp and their logo as the watermark. Although, in most cases, it takes less than an hour to get the schedule 1 from the IRS, the duration might vary based on the volume on the IRS’ end. Once the IRS issues the Schedule 1, we make it available on your dashboard–simply click the PDF icon. We also email the Schedule 1 for your convenience. If needed, we can also send the completed form 2290 and Schedule 1 by fax. Please note that extra charges may apply.

 

Record Keeping

 

Keep records for all taxable highway vehicles registered in your name for at least 3 years after the date the tax is due or paid, whichever is later. They must be available at all times for inspection by the IRS. Also keep copies of all returns and schedules you have filed. Keep your records even if a vehicle is registered in your name for only a portion of a period. If the tax is suspended on a highway motor vehicle for a period because its use on public highways during the period did not exceed 5,000 miles (7,500 miles for agricultural vehicles), the registrant must keep the records at least 3 years after the end of the period to which the suspension applies. Records for each vehicle should show all of the following information.

  1. A detailed description of the vehicle, including the
  2. The weight of loads carried by the vehicle in the same form as required by any state in which the vehicle is registered or required to be
  3. The date you acquired the vehicle and the name and address of the person from whom you acquired
  4. The first month of each period in which a taxable use occurred and any prior month in which the vehicle was used in the period while registered in your name, with proof that the prior use was not a taxable use.
  5. The date the vehicle was sold or transferred and the name and address of the purchaser or transferee. If it was not sold, the records must show how and when you disposed ofit.
  6. If the tax is suspended for a vehicle, keep a record of actual highway mileage. For an agricultural vehicle, keep accurate records of the number of miles it is driven on a farm.

 

How to use the Schedule 1

Use the stamped copy of Schedule 1 as proof of payment when:

  • Registering vehicles with the state, or
  • Entering a Canadian or Mexican vehicles into the United States.

If you do not have the stamped copy, you may use a photocopy of Form 2290, Schedule 1, and both sides of your canceled check as proof of payment.

If you need a copy of a prior-period Schedule 1 returned to you, send a written request to the Internal Revenue Service Center

Cincinnati, OH 45999-0031