How to Pay Heavy Use Tax
There are several methods available to taxpayers for paying the Heavy Use Tax, from electronic payments to mailed paperwork to direct payment at an IRS office. Research the options prior to the 2290 due date to determine the most convenient method of payment available to your business.
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Instructions
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Sign up and use the Electronic Federal Taxpayer Payment System (EFTPS). This secure, online system allows direct debit of business or personal checking accounts to pay 2290 taxes. With a few clicks of a mouse, you can authorize payment directly to the IRS. EFTPS payments require one business day to process and can be prearranged.
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Make a payment with your local bank branch. Call your bank to see if they accept IRS payments. If not, check with other area banks as well. If you don't have a bank account with the institution, make the Heavy Use Tax payment with a Cashier's check or in cash. Get a bank receipt for all tax payments.
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Mail a money order or check to the IRS. Make the document payable to "United States Treasury" and include the form number (2290), and your taxpayer identification number--EIN--if you have one, Social Security number if you don't. Finally, notate the taxable period you're paying. Allow extra time before the due date for mail delivery.
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Visit a local IRS satellite office and pay by credit card, business or personal check, or money order.
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Tips & Warnings
The EFTPS system also has a Voice Response number in the event the website is down. To make a payment through EFTPS using Voice Response, call (800) 555-3453.
If possible, pay the Heavy Use Tax at an IRS office. Using this method, you can get a stamped 2290 form on site. Eliminating the wait for a returned form by mail means you can immediately sell, license, insure or lease your vehicle to a Carrier. (Proof of paid Heavy Use Tax is required in order to perform these actions.)
Make your 2290 Heavy Use Tax payment early. Late payment will result in additional charges regardless of mail delivery, banking or website issues beyond your control.
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You should try express truck tax. It costs 10 bucks for a single truck and takes lesds than 10 minutes to efile, It has made this whole process so much less stressful, for all of you guys who live far from an office this is the way to go
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philboyer
Feb 21, 2008
In August 2007, the IRS made electronic filing available for the Form 2290. For the filers, this is a huge improvement over the previous paper process. Now the trucker does not need to wait for mail or go to a walk-in office. At the time of this post, the cost for an eFile is about $40 for a typical truck owner (plus the 2290 tax itself of course). Most filers must drive long distances to reach an IRS walk-in office and pay for parking in a metro area. eFile eliminates walk-in hassle and also the risks / delays from using US mail. With eFile, Stamped Schedule 1s (the proof of payment needed to get vehicle registration) are provided on the web usually within an hour or less and can be printed for use at local DOT offices. Here are a couple of issues to watch for. The number one delay with eFiling is the use of an invalid EIN (employer identification number) often the file
