You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today – Abraham Lincoln
HVUT is the Heavy Vehicle Use Tax that is a fee assessed annually on heavy vehicles operating on public highways at registered gross weights equal to or exceeding 55,000 pounds. The gross taxable weight of a vehicle is determined by adding the weight of the Truck, Trailer and load.
Heavy Vehicle Use Taxes must be filed using the Form 2290 Annually. The Tax period for Heavy Vehicles begins on July 1st and ends on June 30th of the following year. The annual renewal of your Form 2290 for a new tax period IS DUE BY August 31st each year. Continue reading
HVUT Form 2290 a very familiar term with Truckers and folks in trucking industry. Federal Excise Tax Form 2290 is filed on any heavy vehicle that has a gross weight of 55,000 lbs or above. Filing this Tax Form by paper is a hectic job and Time consuming as well, to simplify it Think Trade Inc., developed an Online Application where one can simply E-file their Federal Excise tax Form 2290 & receive acknowledgement within Minutes.
When a new vehicle is put into service, HVUT Form 2290 must be filed by the last day of the following month. If a vehicle was used during any part of a month, the tax will be calculated for that month as a whole. For example, if a vehicle was used on August 15th, it will be taxed as though it was used the entire month. If you first placed your vehicle on the road anytime in August, you must E-file your Form 2290 anytime between now and September 30th, 2018. Since the last day of the month falls on a weekend the due date is postponed to the next working day that is October 1st 2018. 