File Form 8849 — Form 2290 Refund

Claim a refund of the Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax for a truck that was sold, destroyed, stolen, or driven under the 5,000-mile limit (7,500 for agricultural) — Form 8849 Schedule 6, CRN 365.

Form 2290 refunds only. This refund is only for Form 2290 (Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax) credits (CRN 365) — for a truck sold, destroyed, stolen, or driven under the mileage limit. Need a different Form 8849 excise refund? Use Gideon Tax at gideontax.com.

$5 flat per filing, for everyone, however many trucks are on the claim. Form 8849 claims a refund of federal excise taxes; a person reviews and files every claim, which keeps out spam and fraudulent claims.

Claimant

The person or business claiming the refund.

EIN9 digits, no dashes.SSN (optional)Only if you file as an individual.

Business / claimant nameBusiness name, line 2 (optional)

In care of (optional)Must begin with "% " — e.g. "% John Smith".Name control (optional)The IRS 4-character name control, if you know it.

Street addressStreet address, line 2 (optional)

CityStateZIP

Authorized officer

The person signing the claim under penalty of perjury. Enter your own 5-digit PIN to sign yourself (the Practitioner PIN method), or leave it blank and Gideon Trucker Tax will assign and enter a PIN as your signature on your behalf. You confirm this choice on Form 8879-EX at checkout.

NameTitle (optional)

PIN (optional)5-digit signature PIN.Phone (optional)10 digits.Email (optional)

How you get your refund

The IRS mails a paper check to the address above. Form 8849 has no direct-deposit option, so no bank details are asked for.

Schedule 6 — Form 2290 vehicle credits

Add one claim per vehicle. For each, tell us why it qualifies and we COMPUTE the refund from the weight category, first-used month, and (for a sale/loss) the disposal month — using the IRS Form 2290 line 5 worksheet. Every claim is a Form 2290 vehicle credit (CRN 365).

Claim #1

Refund type (fixed): CRN 365 — Form 2290 vehicle credit (Heavy Highway Vehicle Use Tax). This is the only Form 8849 refund handled here.

Reason for this refundChoose why this truck qualifies.VINRequired — as the title reads (1-17 characters, or 19).

Taxable gross weight categoryMonth first used in the tax periodThe month the vehicle was first used on public highways.

This vehicle is used exclusively for logging (lower rate).Month sold / destroyed / stolen

Purchaser nameRequired for a sold vehicle.Purchaser address (street, city, state, ZIP)

⚠ The sale, destruction, or theft must be before June 1 to yield a credit — a vehicle used for the whole period owes the full tax.

Refund amount (computed)—

Fill in the details above to compute this.

Explanation filed with the IRS

One statement for the whole Schedule 6 — a paragraph per claim, generated from the details above with the VIN, category, reason, and how each amount was figured. Review and edit before filing; editing turns off auto-updates.

Total refund claimed$0.00

Gideon filing fee$5

$5 flat per filing, regardless of the number of claims. A person reviews and files every claim before we e-file it.