Like many truckers who are really busy on road serving towards our nation’s economy, another group of professionals who are really busy in filing a bunch of Form 2290 reports for them clients during the appropriate deadlines known as Tax professionals or CPA’s (Certified Public Accountants). Continue reading
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Today, we thank you, we salute you, we honor you Veterans!
In its 237 years, the United States has been involved in a dozen major wars to defend our nation, preserve our freedom and democracy, and serve our national interests. The major conflicts include the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, and the Wars against Terrorism, including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Our armed forces have gone into harm’s way many other times, too. Continue reading
Reporting a VIN Correction has been made Easy!
So you e-filed your HVUT 2290, but realize you made an error on your VIN, yet the IRS accepted it anyway. Don’t’ panic. The remedy is to file a VIN correction. By Filing a VIN correction, you’d only have to report the discrepancy of the previous tax return along with the required change on the alphanumeric charters of the Vehicle Identification Number. Continue reading
Truckdues Wishes you a Fun Halloween filled with magical surprises!
Keep Calm, It’s almost Halloween. Don’t forget to close all the doors and windows tonight. Cause the spirits today are out in the open. You can wish that you’re safe but I doubt that will happen. Strange things happen on a Halloween night.
Who in this world said Halloween is only for kids? That is Absurd, isn’t it? We got some cool ideas for adults who really wanted to enjoy Halloween not minding about what others would make fun of… Instead it’s really good to be a freak at occasions like Halloween than being an everyday Joe.
Here’s our 5 suggestions for you: Continue reading
You HVUT Form 2290 Is Due by Oct 31st, 2017!
Set the alarm, your Heavy Vehicle Use Tax (HVUT) Form 2290 is due by the end of this month. Form 2290 is generally due by the last day of the month following the month of its first use. On that basis, Oct 31st would be the deadline to file Form 2290 especially for vehicles that are been used on the road since September 2017.
Humans do commit errors which are naturally unavoidable at times. But when such human errors do occur whilst reporting your HVUT returns, it can cost you trouble with the Internal Revenue Service. So, at such unforeseen circumstances we need to file an Amendment, i.e., (The process of formally altering or adding to a record) which is available only when you E-File your federal HVUT returns. Following are the list of Form 2290 amendments available on www.truckdues.com: Continue reading
Basic Rejection Scenarios on HVUT Form 2290!
We realize that truckers are really busy on road and they always stay committed towards moving the nation’s economy forward. So they merely get a chance to remember the HVUT tax deadlines. Although when they remember that they haven’t filed one, they file it near the deadline in a last moment rush.
While doing so, in haste you might be welcoming careless mistakes, which would cost you heavy. A rejected return only means having it do all over again and no one would relish it! Yet, there is always a silver lining. By e-filing with www.truckdues.com instead of paper filing, you are already much less likely to make mistakes. Since, you’ve got our Tax Experts by your side, expertly answering all of your tax questions. So there’s no reason to file blindly and hope you’ve got it right! Continue reading
Evolution of Filing Tax Form 2290 (HVUT)
In good old days one will remember how hard it was to communicate messages between people who live far away. We had limited options either meet the person directly or mail them a letter. Everyone knows how hard both these options are, complications involved are delay in conveying the message and of course a lot of traveling involved, which is time consuming as well.
Likewise, the options for filing a Tax Form 2290 (HVUT) in the past was either the filer has to walk into the local IRS office or has to fill out a paper form and mail it to the IRS. There are many disadvantages in this form of tax filing. Continue reading
Types of Vehicle Filed With Form 2290 Only @ TruckDues.com
So filers, how are you doing? Hope everything is on smooth grounds. Last week we had spoke about the security levels we maintain at TruckDues.com. However, today we are going to talk about the vehicles filed through form 2290. Yes, this application supports varied type of vehicles that need to be filed on or before the taxation season due date.
With no further delay, we are going to hit the discussion right away. Keep following:
Types of Vehicles:
Taxable Vehicles:
The very first and foremost type of vehicle filed through form 2290 is taxable vehicles. These vehicles are categorized as taxable based on the weight of the truck or the taxable gross weight of the truck & the mileage for the taxation season. The main reason for collecting the funds is to moderate and maintain the highways as these heavy vehicles cause most of the damage. Also, taxpayers and owner operators who own more than 25 vehicles should efile with an authentic efiling service provider like TruckDues.com. And if you miss to file form 2290 on or before the due date, you are liable to pay penalties online, which might be heavy on your pockets
Suspended Vehicles:
The next set of vehicles file form 2290 is suspended vehicles. These vehicles do not cross the minimum mileage i.e. 5,000 miles and 7,500 miles for agricultural purpose and thus, they’re not required to pay dues, however, they need to keep IRS informed about their suspension through form 2290.
The Vehicles That Are Included In This Category Are:
- Commercial vehicles with average mileage less than 5,000 and 7,500 miles for agricultural used vehicles
- Mobile machinery for non-transportation function, non-transportation trailers and semi-trailers
- Qualified as official blood collectors by blood banks and organizations
However, do note, annual miles exceeding more than 5,000 and 7,500 miles for agricultural vehicles are calculated as taxable miles. You need to file Form 2290 Amendments to pay your dues and receive revised schedule 1 copy.
Exempted vehicles:
After taxable and suspended vehicles, exempted vehicles are the operated and maintained by the government itself and that is why they don’t have to pay any dues to IRS, however, they need to report form 2290 for their vehicle.
The following are the vehicles included in the list:
- The Federal Government,
- The American National Red Cross,
- The District of Columbia,
- A nonprofit volunteer fire department, ambulance association, or rescue squad,
- A state or local government,
- Indian tribal governments (To carry out essential tribal government functions)
- Mass transportation authority’s (under certain conditions)
Also, include these vehicles in the list:
- Qualified blood collector vehicles used by qualified blood collector organizations, and
- Mobile machinery that don’t come under the category of heavy vehicle.
Logging Vehicles:
These vehicles are exclusively used for the conduct of logging operations.
A Logging Vehicle Is Qualified On the Following Basis:
- Exclusively used for transporting harvested products from the forested site, or for transporting products harvested from the forested site to and from locations on a forested site (public highways may be used between the forested site locations), and
- The vehicle is registered as highway motor vehicle and used exclusively in the transportation of harvested forest products. In addition, no special tags are required.
Agricultural Vehicles:
Agricultural vehicles are involved in harvesting and transporting agricultural goods, and the maximum mileage is 7,500 miles annually.
The vehicles that fall under this category are:
- Primarily used for farming purpose.
- Registered under the highway motor vehicle but they are exclusively used for farming and agricultural purpose. In addition, there are no special tags to differentiate the vehicle.
With this, we would like to remind you that if you have bought your vehicle on road for the first time in the month of August, you’re liable to file form 2290 by 30st September. So come over and file with TruckDues.com and experience anew. Get in touch with our Tax Expertise at (347) 515 – 2290 or simply drop in a mail to support@truckdues.com. We are here for you, for better back-end support.
Happy Trucking! – Team TruckDues.com
Reminder to Truckers, today (Sept. 2) is last date for Form 2290.
The tax season dropped in and is now on the move. We had send reminders to our customers to file and pay their truck tax dues online. And for some reason, if you are yet to file, you are not late, however, you may meet penalties if you don’t file form 2290 by September 2nd 2014. The tax season drops into your calendar by July 1st and IRS provides taxpayers with two months of time, i.e. from July- August. And fortunately, the due date for this tax season 2014-15 is falling on a weekend and that precisely means, 2nd of September (the next business day) is the last date for filing your IRS form 2290 online.
So with the grace time in hand, we would like to call out for truckers, owner operators and tax filers to come over and file their return online with TruckDues.com, the authentic service provider for efiling form 2290 online. We have made our presence with a warm welcome from the truckers and thanks for choosing TruckDues as your e-file partner. We are happy dealing with various clients and customers, providing electronic filing benefits for today and forever, we are a proud efiling provider with the effectiveness of being on your pockets with only $ 7.99 as our efiling service fee. Continue reading
Importance Of E-Filing With A Service Provider Like TruckDues.com
With the growing technology, we are being bind with every comfort provided by our new generation. The trend of shopping online has created hype and today, it’s paying taxes and bills online. Yes, you can pay your truck dues and report the Truck Tax Form 2290 with utmost ease and reliability only at TruckDues.com. We are serving customers since decades and today, we are proud to be a successful efiling service provider for our truckers, authorized by the IRS.
According to us, efiling is a boon to our truckers. Being busy and tired by the end of the day, we are sure you would not find time to run to IRS office, standing in line and pay your tax. In such situations, electronic 2290 filing comes in for your rescue and save you from penalties. As you have time limits in paper filing but not with electronic version, you can file anytime from anywhere and receive your schedule 1 copy in minutes. Continue reading