Proof of payment for the Vehicle registration at the State office and vehicle entry into the United States

Many truckers often get confused between the renewal of their heavy vehicles registration and the renewal of form 2290. The form 2290 has to be renewed once a year and that is always in July or August. When the registration renewal date depends on when they have registered their vehicle before.

Generally, states authority will ask to show them proof of road tax payment before they will register any taxable heavy vehicle. In this case, please use the watermarked schedule 1 you receive from www.form2290.com after submitting form 2290 online, as a proof of payment when registering a vehicle. Please note; if you select IRS tax payment mode other than Bank Account then please make sure to complete the tax payment post submitting the form 2290 online. You can do that by using an appropriate mode of payment you have selected while e-filing form 2290.

U.S. Custom and Border Protection also ask this proof of tax payment for entering a Canadian or Mexican vehicle into the United States.

Important: If the state receives registration application of your highway motor vehicle during the month of July, August or September, you may present them the immediately previous taxable period's accepted schedule 1 copy. Remember to file form 2290 for the current tax period by the due date of the return. See Regulation section 41.6001-2(b)(4).

If the highway motor the vehicle is newly purchased within the last 60 days then on presenting a bill of sale to the state office, they will not ask for proof of tax payment on newly purchased vehicles. However, you must file form 2290 and pay any tax due on time.