Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax Return - Have You Filed?

Have you filed your heavy highway vehicle use taxOnce you've made your payment, it is a good idea to
return? A lot of businesses use the roads a lot morekeep your form available and in your truck because
than others. For instance, big trucks that transportauthorities may often ask to see proof that you have
goods from coast to coast are constantly on the road,paid your fee.
adding to deterioration and sometimes chaotic roadWhere to Pay
conditions.Before, the heavy highway vehicle use tax return
The money to keep our roads running needs to comecould only be filed at the local office or by United
from somewhere, and a lot of the money comes fromStates Post. You had to go into an office and pick up
taxes. One such tax is the Heavy Highway Vehiclethe form, or you could go online and download it
Use Tax, a tax paid by owners of commercialyourself, but after you filled it out, you had to drop it off
vehicles that weight more than 55,000 pounds or more.with a payment or mail it in.
The money is passed along to help states maintainAnd filing through snail mail, on the other hand, took
and build new roads across the nation-as well as away too long, leaving you without proof and thus
variety of other purposes that benefit our highwayunable to obtain insurance or lease on a truck.
systems.E-filing
ExemptionsBut ever since August of 2007, it has become possible
Not everyone operating a large vehicle has to pay theto file online, which of course is far more convenient
tax. Vehicles that don't spend much time on the road,than filing in person and eliminates the long process of
heavy machinery not meant for the highways, anddoing it through post.
vehicles used for government purposes are allNow, instead of going out of your way to sit in an
exempt.office and wait in line to file the paperwork, you can
Emergency vehicles for volunteer organizations, sucheliminate the entire nuisance and make it automatic
as volunteer fire departments, do not have to payfrom your office or home.
either, and even certified blood collection organizationsYou'll still need to have your proof of payment, but on
are in the clear.the internet it can be downloaded and printed out
But it is important to know that you can even bewithin less than an hour.
penalized for not filing even if you are exempt, so beNever Avoid Responsibility
sure that you know what you're doing before justDon't ever miss a payment or, even worse, fail to
deciding you're exempt.even file your heavy highway vehicle use tax return.
The ProcessLate fees will be charged, and if there is suspicion that
To pay the tax, you have to file the form 2290 withyou are avoiding your tax, you can be prosecuted and
Internal Revenue Service. The payment has to madesubjected to fines, incarceration, or home detention.
in total each time; you can't just pay a partial payment.