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IRS reminds truckers of Aug. 31 highway use tax return deadline, e-file encouraged

In the latest release from IRS highlighting to choose electronic filing to report and pay the Federal Vehicle Use Tax Form 2290. Tax2290.com guarantees easy, fast and safe filing; economic, affordable and transparent pricing; quality, experienced and live expert support to help you through with your 2290 efile. Tax2290.com is the most experienced and market leader since 2007.

The Internal Revenue Service reminded owners of most heavy highway vehicles of their responsibility to timely file Form 2290, Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax Return. The highway use tax applies to highway motor vehicles with a taxable gross weight of 55,000 pounds or more. This generally includes large trucks, truck tractors and buses. The tax is based on the weight of the vehicle. A variety of special rules apply. These special rules are explained in the instructions to Form 2290.

The deadline to file Form 2290 and pay the tax is Aug. 31, 2020, for vehicles used on the road during July.

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Form 2290 Tax Season and time for Truckers to report and pay

Truckers, owner operators and heavy haulers need to report vehicle use tax Form 2290 on vehicles put to use on public highways. IRS Form 2290 is used to report and pay Heavy Vehicle Use Tax, or HVUT. You must file Form 2290 with Schedule 1 annually if a taxable highway motor vehicle, in this case any heavy vehicle weighing 55,000 lbs or more, is registered in your name in the U.S., Canada, or Mexico.

The highway use tax (HVUT Form 2290) applies to highway motor vehicles with a taxable gross weight of 55,000 pounds or more. 2290 tax returns must be filed and tax payments must be paid by August. 31st for the heavy motor vehicles used on the road during July. The deadline generally applies to Form 2290 and the accompanying tax payment for the tax year that begins July 1, 2020, and ends June 30, 2021. For motor vehicles first used after July, the deadline is the last day of the month following the month of first use.

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IRS reminder: File and pay 2019 business taxes by July 15; 2020 estimated tax also due

The Internal Revenue Service today reminded business taxpayers that their 2019 tax returns and tax payments, as well as their first two 2020 estimated tax payments, are due on Wednesday, July 15.

The July 15 due date generally applies to any tax return or tax payment deadline that was postponed due to COVID-19. In April, the IRS said that this postponement applied to all taxpayers that had a filing or payment deadline falling on or after April 1, 2020, and before July 15, 2020. No late-filing penalty, late-payment penalty or interest will be due for payments prior to July 15.

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2290 Electronic filing: WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY…?

Tax 2290 is the federal vehicle use tax form reported across the states with the IRS in a year between July and June. The tax year starts from July 2020 to June 2021 and IRS watermarked Schedule 1 proof is the valid document to show that it is been paid for the listed vehicle. Here let us see what it is is, when it is reported, how it is paid and many.

WHAT:

The IRS tax form 2290 is used to prepare and report the highway heavy vehicle use taxes on motor vehicles with a taxable gross weight of 55,000 pounds or more.
Form 2290 and Schedule -1 could be prepared and reported electronically with the IRS, anyone who requires to file 2290s can use TaxExcise.com to file it electronically.
Electronic filing is safe, secured and fast; quickest way of filing 2290 returns with the IRS.

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IRS offers additional retail partners that accept cash payments for federal taxes

The Internal Revenue Service today announced additional retail partners are accepting cash payments for federal taxes. This cash payment option is for individual and business taxpayers.

The IRS’ continuing partnership with ACI Worldwide’s OfficialPayments.com and the PayNearMe Company allows taxpayers to make a payment without a bank account or credit card at participating 7-Eleven stores, Ace Cash Express and Casey’s General Stores nationwide.

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Taxpayers should file by July 15 tax deadline; automatic extension to Oct. 15 available

IRS has easy ways to help taxpayers who need more time or payment options

The Department of the Treasury and IRS announced the tax filing and payment deadline of July 15 will not be postponed. Individual taxpayers unable to meet the July 15 due date can request an automatic extension of time to file until Oct. 15.

Due to COVID-19, the original filing deadline and tax payment due date for 2019 was postponed from April 15 to July 15.

The IRS reminds taxpayers filing Form 1040 series returns that they must file Form 4868 by July 15 to obtain the automatic extension to Oct. 15. The extension provides additional time to file the tax return – it is not an extension to pay any taxes due.

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IRS provides tax relief for the low-income housing credit and bonds for qualified residential rental projects

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Internal Revenue Service on July 1, 2020 issued Notice 2020-53 (PDF) to provide tax relief to issuers, operators, owners, and tenants of qualified low-income housing projects or qualified residential rental projects financed with exempt facility bonds, and state agencies that have jurisdiction over these projects.

For certain time-sensitive actions scheduled to be performed and requirements to be met on or after April 1, 2020 and before December 31, 2020, owners and operators now have until December 31, 2020 to perform the actions and satisfy the requirements.

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Heavy Vehicle Use Tax Form 2290 Electronic Filing for Tax Year July 2020 – June 2021

This year 2020 turned to be unprecedented year for the trucking industry with COVID-19 pandemic spreading across the world, pulling all the strings back and worse then they where. Freight networks faced major disruptions as businesses temporarily closed and people stayed home to help contain the spread of the virus, bringing much of the economy to a standstill. Truckers and trucking kept rolling and transporting the essentials to combat COVID19. This time of the year the Federal Vehicle Use Tax also falls due for renewal and IRS is already gearing up for it. We’re an IRS authorized provider and got the alert to set up 2290 filing for the new tax year 2020 – 2021.

The IRS Tax Form 2290 is to report the federal heavy highway vehicle use taxes, that can be prepared online using Tax2290.com by yourself in 3 simple steps. The most experienced and top rated IRS Authorized E-file service provider (since 2007), is all set and now accepting 2290 returns from our users who has asked for it. You asked and we made it…

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IRS urges taxpayers to use electronic options; outlines online assistance

Today the IRS has urged people to use electronic services in a new release (Issue Number: IR-2020-68) and announced that is it closing the Taxpayer Assistance Centers and stop processing paper returns etc. The Internal Revenue Service reminds taxpayers and tax professionals to use electronic options to support social distancing and speed the processing of tax returns, refunds and payments.

Federal Excise Tax Filing can be made online at TaxExcise.com and we’re operational with limited resources remotely to support businesses that needs to support excise taxes online and for truck operators to report the Federal Vehicle Use Tax returns online. Connect to us at (866) 245 – 3918 or write to us at support@taxexcise.com.

To protect the public and employees, and in compliance with orders of local health authorities around the country, certain IRS services such as live assistance on telephones, processing paper tax returns and responding to correspondence are extremely limited or suspended until further notice. All Taxpayer Assistance Centers remain temporarily closed as are many volunteer tax preparation sites until further notice. This will not affect the IRS’s ability to deliver Economic Impact Payments, which taxpayers will begin receiving next week.

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Time to start working with your Income Tax Extension Application

The tax reporting for the tax year 2019 is in full swing, IRS started accepting the tax returns already. The deadline to file a 2019 tax return and pay any tax owed is Wednesday, April 15, 2020. More than 150 million individual tax returns for the 2019 tax year are expected to be filed, with the vast majority of those coming before the April 15 tax deadline. When you’re not ready with your tax return, IRS encourages you to file Extension Applications to buy more time to report the taxes. Extension of time is only to report the taxes and not to pay the taxes that you owe. Income taxpayers both Individuals and Businesses can file applications for automatic extension of time that will push the actual deadline from April 15 to October 15. However the deadline for Extension of time application is also falls on the actual deadline, that is April 15th. For certain businesses the due date falls on March 16th (the actual deadline March 15th falls on a weekend, so the next business day March 16th falls as the new due date).

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