IRS Form 2290 — Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax
File your annual Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax Return with Gideon Tax. Clear pricing, no upsells, and a Spanish version of every page.
Start filing Form 2290 →What is Form 2290?
Form 2290 is the federal tax return the IRS requires for heavy highway vehicles with a taxable gross weight of 55,000 pounds or more. The tax period runs from July 1 of one year through June 30 of the next. When you file and pay, the IRS returns a stamped Schedule 1, which is the proof of payment most states require to register your vehicle.
Who must file
- Owners of trucks, truck tractors, and buses with a taxable gross weight of 55,000 lbs or more used on public highways.
- Owner-operators registering a heavy vehicle for the current tax period.
- Fleets with one or more qualifying vehicles — even a single 55,000 lb rig requires a return.
- Logging operators (they get a lower tax rate, but still must file).
- Anyone suspending a vehicle from the tax because it will be driven 5,000 miles or less (7,500 for agricultural vehicles).
When it's due
For a vehicle first used in July, the return is due by August 31. For a vehicle first used any later month, the return is due by the last day of the month following the month of first use.
Pricing
Automated Form 2290 e-filing
$1 per truck
Capped at $10 per fleet — if you have 10 or more trucks, you pay $10 total, not more.
Covers strictly the automated e-file: you enter your data on this site, we transmit the 2290 to the IRS, you get your stamped Schedule 1 back. No human touches your return at this price. The IRS tax itself (from the weight-category table) is separate and paid directly to the IRS.
Have us do the filing for you
$120 flat
Full-service: you email us your truck info (VINs, weight, dates, taxpayer details), we prepare and e-file the 2290, and we deliver your stamped Schedule 1. Includes roughly one hour of our time — enough for a typical owner-operator or small fleet. If your situation needs more than that (large fleet, amended return, IRS back-and-forth), the extra work is billed at the $80/hr support rate, quoted before we start.
Any other manual support — $80 per hour
$80 per hour
Any time a human at Gideon does something for you, it is billed at $80/hr. That includes answering questions (by phone, email, or chat), reviewing your entries, amended returns, VIN corrections, replying to IRS notices, and onboarding help. The $1/$10 filing fee does not cover any of that — at $1 per truck we cannot afford to answer questions for free. We quote the expected time before starting, bill in 15-minute increments, and never surprise you with a bill.
While we finish our automated e-file integration, data collection is free and a human at Gideon will complete the filing. Pricing for this preview period is confirmed with you before any charge.