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 unloaded weight of the motor vehicle and any trailers together with the maximum load customarily carried on-road by the truck-trailer combination.

1. U.S Federal Heavy Vehicle Use Tax Form 2290 (HVUT) Information
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 unloaded weight
of the motor vehicle and any trailers together with the maximum load customarily carried on-
road by the truck-trailer combination.
You must file Form 2290 for the tax period beginning on July 1, 2012, and ending on June
30, 2013, if a taxable highway motor vehicle (defined below) is registered, or required to be
registered, in your name under state, District of Columbia, Canadian, or Mexican law at the
time of its first use during the period and the vehicle has a taxable gross weight of 55,000
pounds or more.
There are a few instances where a vehicle is exempt from paying the HVUT tax, even if
most of those instances; a Form 2290 is required to be filed even if no tax is due. You can
find detailed information on the IRS site at www.irs.gov/trucker.
You need: Business Details - Business Name (Sole proprietor can use their legal name) and
address, EIN (Employer Identification Number), details of the authorized signatory.
Vehicle Details - Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) and Gross weight of the Vehicle
Form of IRS payment-we suggest direct debit.
Heavy Vehicle Use Taxes must be filed using the Form 2290 on an annual basis. The Tax
period for Heavy Vehicles begins on July 1st and ends on June 30th.The Annual renewal of
your Form 2290 for a new tax period IS DUE BY August 31st each year.
For New Vehicles placed in service, the IRS Form 2290 must be filed by the last day of the
month following the month of first use. For example, if you purchase and first use a vehicle
in January, you must file a Form 2290 by the end of February.
You can still paper file, but the IRS requires anyone filing for 25 or more vehicles do so
electronically and recommends that everyone do so.
Electronically: File Form 2290 electronically through any electronic return originator
(ERO), transmitter, and/or intermediate service provider (ISP) participating in the IRS e-file
program for excise taxes, such as ExpressTruckTax.com. For more information on e-file,
visit the IRS website at http://www.irs.gov/efile or visit http://www.irs.gov/trucker.

2. Paper: Mail Form 2290 to the address showed under Where to File. If you did not pay the
tax using the Electronic Funds Transfer or Electronic Federal Tax Payment System
(EFTPS), mail Form 2290-V and your check or money order with Form 2290.
Or you can take your Form 2290 to the nearest IRS office.
ExpressTruckTax is an IRS authorized E-file provider for Form 2290, E-file IRS Heavy
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