Send 2290

By Send 2290, LLC

Overview

Send 2290 gives general information about the IRS Form 2290 heavy vehicle use tax (HVUT) for truck owners, owner-operators, and fleets. - Estimates the tax for one truck or a fleet from the taxable gross weight or category and the month of first use, including logging and suspended vehicles, using the rates in the IRS Form 2290 instructions. - Looks up the filing due date for a month of first use, moved for weekends and federal holidays, and explains the late-filing penalty rule. - Estimates the credit or refund for a truck that was sold, destroyed, stolen, or stayed under the mileage limit, following the worksheet in the Form 2290 instructions. - Checks a VIN's format and check digit before filing and shows the year, make, and model reported by NHTSA's public decoder. - Lists what is needed to e-file Form 2290 and explains the stamped Schedule 1, with links to send2290.com. Limitations: results are estimates and general tax information, not tax or legal advice; confirm with the current IRS instructions or a tax professional. The plugin does not file returns, take payments, sign in to accounts, or store personal information. Filing is done separately at send2290.com. Send 2290 is operated by Send 2290, LLC and is not part of or affiliated with the IRS or any government agency.

Tools

calculate_form_2290_tax

ChatGPT

Use this when someone asks how much IRS Form 2290 heavy vehicle use tax (HVUT, "truck tax", "highway use tax") they owe for one truck or a fleet, which weight category a truck is in, or what a truck bought mid-year costs. Uses the IRS partial-period tax tables. Group identical vehicles with count. Do not use for income tax, IFTA fuel tax, or state registration or IRP fees. Also use it when someone asks what Form 2290 "costs" or what they will pay before giving any details: call it with no vehicles to get the tax range and what is needed.

check_truck_vin

ChatGPT

Use this when someone wants to check a truck VIN before filing Form 2290, suspects a VIN typo on a Schedule 1, or asks whether a VIN is valid. Checks IRS length and character rules and the check digit, and decodes year, make, and model from NHTSA's public vPIC decoder (the VIN is sent to NHTSA for that lookup; nothing is stored). Do not use for vehicle history, recalls, title, or theft lookups.

estimate_form_2290_credit

ChatGPT

Use this when someone paid Form 2290 tax on a truck that was then sold, destroyed, stolen, or driven 5,000 miles or less (7,500 agricultural) and asks about a credit or refund. Follows the worksheet in the Form 2290 instructions (line 5 / Form 8849 Schedule 6). Do not use for income-tax refunds or fuel-tax (Form 8849 Schedules 1-3) claims.

get_form_2290_due_date

ChatGPT

Use this when someone asks when Form 2290 is due, when to file after buying or first using a truck, whether a 2290 deadline moved for a weekend or holiday, or what the late-filing penalty is. Returns the exact due date and days left. Do not use for income-tax, IFTA, UCR, or state registration deadlines.

how_to_file_form_2290

ChatGPT

Use this when someone asks where or how to file Form 2290, what information they need (EIN, VINs, taxable gross weight, first-use month), how to pay the tax, or how to get the stamped Schedule 1. Describes e-filing with Send 2290. Do not use for other IRS forms (1040, 1099, 941) or for state DMV registration itself.