Tag Archives: Commercial Trucks

Solutions To Truck Parking Space Issues

– A Survey Initiative by ATRI – Participate Now!

In the trucking industry, driver fatigue has been contributing actively in increasing the number of accidents year by year. One factor that attaches itself as a reason to this has been the issues in finding proper parking spaces so that drivers rest peacefully for the time they have to. When they don’t find the right parking space to rest, they may drive for longer hours than what is meant to be safe or may find themselves not sleeping calmly. In order to address this, the FHWA (Federal Highway Administration) is keen on developing a real-time parking information system currently and is supporting the ATRI (American Transportation Research Institute) in getting them the required information resources. Continue reading

What is Taxable Gross Weight?

Form 2290, Heavy Vehicle Use Tax has to be reported for a vehicle weight 55,000 lbs or more. Depending on the Gross Weight the category of a vehicle will changes.

Taxable Gross Weight:

The taxable gross weight of a vehicle (other than a bus) is the total of:

  • The actual unloaded 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.

Actual unloaded weight of a vehicle is the empty (tare) weight of the vehicle.

A trailer or semitrailer is treated as customarily used in connection with a vehicle if the vehicle is equipped to tow the trailer or semitrailer.

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Use Form 720: Excise Tax on indoor tanning tax due Jan. 31

Reminder: Excise Tax on indoor tanning tax is due by Jan. 31

Use IRS Form 720, Quarterly Federal Excise Tax Return to report and pay the indoor tanning tax due by Jan. 31. Act fast and report it electronically at www.TaxExcise.com

What is taxable indoor tanning service?

Taxable indoor tanning service means a service employing any electronic product designed to incorporate one or more ultraviolet lamps intended for the irradiation of an individual by ultraviolet radiation, with wavelengths in air between 200 and 400 nanometers, to induce skin tanning Continue reading