Its shout-out time! The deadline to file form 2290 truck tax for the vehicles first used in April 2022 is today. So, truckers and truck taxpayers with the vehicles first used this April should report form 2290 HVUT to the IRS and get the schedule 1 copy today to smoothly continue their truck operations on the public highways. If not, the IRS charges penalties, and you cannot operate your heavy vehicles without a proper schedule 1 copy. You will run into problems with state and federal authorities.

The partial period or pro-rated taxes are charged based on the vehicle’s first used month.

The general tax period starts at the beginning of July every year and lasts till the end of June the following year. So, the truckers should file their form 2290 to the IRS and get the schedule 1 copy within August 31 to continue their trucking operations smoothly on the public highways of the United States. But for the newly purchased or first used vehicles in any month other than July, IRS charges form 2290 truck taxes on a pro-rated basis. This partial-period or pro-rated form 2290 taxes are charged based on the vehicle’s first used month. It is calculated from the first used month to the end of the current tax period. Therefore, for the vehicles first used in April 2022, the form 2290 truck tax is calculated from April to June 2022, which is the end of the current tax period. And the last date to file the pro-rated form 2290 tax is today! Continue reading →