It’s time for your 2290 tax form renewal, the heavy highway vehicle use tax is required to be paid annually to the IRS for every truck that drives on public highways and weighs over 55,000 lbs. Once you file your IRS Tax Form 2290, a Stamped Schedule 1 will be provided to you as your receipt for this heavy highway vehicle use tax. A printed copy is required to register your vehicles each year with the state authorities. A copy of the IRS stamped Schedule 1 for the current year available on your account so you can always have access to it.
The 2290 Form is due annually between July 1 and August 31 for this current tax year starting from July 1, 2018 through June, 30 2019. Both the tax return and the heavy highway vehicle use tax must be paid by the deadline in order to avoid penalties and interest. This tax must also be paid anytime a new vehicle is added to your fleet for the remainder of that year. In this case the tax is due by the end of the month following the date the vehicle is first used on the public highways.
This October 31 is the deadline for heavy vehicles used for the 1st time in September 2018 since July, start of new tax period 2018-19. Prorate the 2290 tax according to the 1st used month and file it online and pay the difference alone.
IRS Tax Form 720, to report and pay the Quarterly Federal Excise Tax returns;
Quarterly Federal Excise Tax Form 720 is used for reporting federal excise tax liabilities on certain products (gasoline and fuel) and services (tanning salon and PCORI). These are excise taxes on activities, such as on wagering or on highway usage by trucks. One of the major components of the excise program is motor fuels.
Federal Excise Tax Form 720 and attachments are to report to the IRS at end of every quarter listing the liabilities and pay the taxes collected.
You must file Form 720 if you were liable for, or responsible for collecting, any of the federal excise taxes listed on Form 720, Parts I and II, for a prior quarter or for the current quarter and you haven’t filed a final return.
In other words, if you own a business that deals in goods and services subject to excise tax, you must prepare a Form 720 quarterly to report the tax to the IRS. The federal government charges an excise tax on specific types of products and services, which has to be collected and paid to IRS at regular intervals, quarterly.
IFTA Fuel Use Tax Returns – 3rd Quarter return is Due by October 31.
The International Fuel Tax Agreement is a tax collection agreement by and among the 48 contiguous States and the 10 Canadian Provinces bordering the US. Uniform administration of motor fuels use taxation laws with respect to qualified motor vehicles operated in more than one member jurisdiction. The IFTA license offers several benefits to the interstate/inter-jurisdictional motor carrier. These benefits include one license, one set of decals, one quarterly fuel tax report that reflects the net tax or refund due. These advantages result in cost and time savings for the carrier and the member jurisdictions.
An interstate motor carrier operating “qualified motor vehicles” between at least 2 member jurisdictions (The 48 contiguous states of the US and 10 Canadian provinces) must have an International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) license and decals issued by their base jurisdiction. If you have the IFTA license, you must file the Quarterly IFTA Return to your base jurisdiction.
