Category Archives: Form 2290

Tax payers EIN (Employer ID Number) & its importance

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When you are into running a business, you need to run along the wheels of an EIN or Employer Identification number, a 9 digit number assigned by the IRS to identify a business entity. Allowing you to identify your business on important forms of the government and documents, your EIN establishes credibility with your business customers.  EINs are acquired by employers, corporations, sole proprietors, government agencies, partnership firms, non-profit associations, trusts, estates of decedents, certain individuals, and other business entities. As far as truck owners are concerned, EIN is a basic necessity to file your form 2290 online or by paper (which is often not recommended by the IRS). Continue reading →

Does A Form 2290 Needed On An Exempt Vehicle?

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IRS Form 2290 is used to pay Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax (HVUT). IRS Form 2290 payment is set up to help provide funding to federal states to repair the roads damaged due to running of Heavy highway vehicles. Extensive running of Heavy highway vehicles weighing more than 55,000 pounds can cause repairs on the road. Thus the taxes collected through IRS Form 2290 helps for the maintenance and repair as well as a variety of other programs to keep the roads to function properly.

Any vehicle that has a gross weight of 55,000 lbs or more requires a Form 2290 to be filed with the IRS. And the taxes are paid on vehicles which runs 5,000 miles or above.

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Filing Form 2290 Is No More a Cumbersome Process!!

In good old days one will remember how hard it was to communicate messages between people who live far away. We had limited options either meet the person directly or mail them a letter. Everyone knows how hard both these options are, complications involved are delay in conveying the message and of course a lot of travelling involved, which is time consuming as well.

Likewise, the options for filing a Tax Form 2290 (HVUT) in the past was either the filer has to walk into the local IRS office or has to fill out a paper form and mail it to the IRS. There are many disadvantages with this form of filing. Continue reading →

Few Things to Know About “IRS Form2290”

The Heavy Vehicle Use Tax (HVUT) or Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 2290 tax employs to motorized vehicles with a weight of 55,000 lbs and up traveling thru open public freeways. These kind of heavy motor vehicles include 18 wheelers, buses, together with other bulky vehicles for transport of building materials as well as equipment. Their weight results in wear and tear problems to roads that are the reason why proprietors or operators ought to file IRS form 2290 and pay the required fees. Continue reading →