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Pro-rated FORM 2290 is Due Today for Vehicles First used in January 2021!

Taxes aren’t everyone’s favorite part of life, but if we take care of them before the deadlines, we can eliminate the stress. Recently filing tax forms and paying tax fees has been a stressful task due to the pandemic, but there is more to it, the “HVUT”. The Heavy Vehicle Use Tax (HVUT) is an annual charge imposed on heavy vehicles with recorded gross weights of 55,000 pounds or more that travel on public highways. The weight of the truck, trailer, and load are added together to calculate the total taxable weight of a vehicle.

Heavy Vehicle Use Taxes must be filed on an annual basis using Form 2290. The Heavy Vehicles Tax Cycle starts in July and the filing deadline is August 31st for each cycle. But this is not the same for the new vehicles first put into service mid-tax year. For instance, March 1st, 2021, Today, is the due date to file Form 2290 for any new vehicle or vehicle first used in the Month of January.

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When do we need to file a Form 2290 Amendment?

Hey truckers, let us walk you through few pointers and transfer of knowledge about your HVUT Form 2290 filings. Since HVUT is due every month on a pro-rated basis, we have been frequently asked about corrections on the 2290 if the information on stamped schedule-1 copies mismatches or have got mistakes. Incorrect information on the stamped schedule-1 copies would not be accepted at the DMV, so we are going to share some knowledge on when and how to file an amendment.

The IRS gives you an option to correct your original Form 2290 returns through an Amendment form, but people often confuse between Form 2290 and amendments. The Amendment is just for the corrections on the completed filing!

Human typo errors are natural and can be rectified at few circumstances. In a Form 2290, an AMENDMENT refers to making changes to the originally submitted return. For which you will receive an updated Stamped Schedule 1 copy from the IRS and you can make the additional payment electronically.

The IRS allows amending for the following errors:

  • Increase in Taxable Gross vehicle weight
  • Suspended vehicle exceeded the mileage use limit.
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The IRS services are back online!! E-file now to receive your stamped copy in minutes.

Cometh the hour, cometh the man. A Good News for all tax payers who are waiting on Stamped Copies for their vehicle renewal. The IRS has just resumed operations and are accepting and processing pending returns. The IRS was shut down for year-end maintenance just after Christmas, they were closed since the 26th of December and have just resumed operations. We would like to also appreciate your patience during this shutdown period. E-file now and receive much needed Stamped copies and pending quarterly filings within a few minutes.

Since the IRS has officially started accepting returns for 2021 we would like to keep you reminded about the upcoming tax deadlines for January 31st for the following tax forms. Taxpayers can make www.TaxExcise.com their first pit stop to E-file before the deadline.

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Tax2290 team wishes you a Happy New Year 2021!

We have been through an unpredictable ride in 2020 that had made living life quite hard for people across the globe. But as we end the year, let us leave behind the bad memories and embrace the new year, 2021, with much-needed hopes and happiness.

With the New Year ahead of us we tend to get excited as it marks a new beginning and enables us to start with a clean slate with new goals, dreams, and resolutions. Here’s to a bright New Year and a fond farewell to the old. May all your heart’s desires come true.

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Ho! Ho! Ho! Santa Claus is Coming to Town.

For Christmas, all roads lead home, Our Santa’s have been good to us all year round and we would like to wish them a Very Merry Christmas. May this festive season sparkle and shine, may all of your wishes and dreams come true, and may you feel this happiness all year round. Merry Christmas!

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