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Name and Address

Instruction 2290 — Instructions for Form 2290, Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax Return · 2026-10-03 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · United States

Enter your name and address. Include the suite, room, or other unit number after the street address. If your address has changed, check the Address Change box on Form 2290.

P.O. box. If the post office doesn’t deliver mail to the street address and you have a P.O. box, show the box number instead of the street address.

Canadian or Mexican address. Follow the country’s practice for entering the postal code. Don’t abbreviate the country name.

Final return. If you no longer have vehicles to report, file a final return. Check the Final Return box on Form 2290, sign the return, and mail it to the IRS.

Amended return. Check the Amended Return box only if reporting (a) additional tax from an increase in taxable gross vehicle weight, or (b) suspended vehicles exceeding the mileage use limit. Don’t check the box for any other reason. For more information, see Line 3 or Suspended vehicles exceeding the mileage use limit , later.

VIN correction. Check the VIN Correction box if you are correcting a VIN listed on a previously filed Schedule 1 (Form 2290). List the corrected VIN or VINs on Schedule 1. Be sure to use the Form 2290 for the tax period you are correcting. Attach a statement with an explanation for the VIN correction. Don’t check this box for any other reason.

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