Form 2290 in Connecticut: Schedule 1 & Heavy Truck Registration
What Connecticut requires when you register a vehicle at 55,000 pounds or more — who checks your Schedule 1, where, and what else the state wants alongside it.
Registering agency
Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles
You register at
State offices
Federal threshold
55,000 pounds
Where Connecticut wants your Schedule 1
Connecticut states that for vehicles registered at 55,000 pounds and over you must file and pay the federal highway use tax by filing Form 2290, and that when you renew your registration you must submit proof of that payment — a copy of the Form 2290 receipted by the IRS listing the vehicle identification number. If the purchase date is more than 60 days from registration, bring the 2290 to register.
Whichever counter you end up at, the document is the same: the Schedule 1 the IRS returns after processing your Form 2290, either manually stamped or carrying the e-file watermark. E-filing returns it within minutes, which matters when registration or a plate renewal is waiting on it.
Connecticut charges its own per-mile Highway Use Fee
Separate from the federal HVUT, Connecticut levies a Highway Use Fee administered by the Department of Revenue Services on vehicles at a gross weight of 26,000 pounds or more in FHWA classes 8 through 13. Carriers register through myconneCT and file quarterly, at rates running from 2.5 cents per mile at the bottom of the scale to 17.5 cents per mile above 80,000 pounds.
Apportioned (IRP) registration in Connecticut
If you run in two or more jurisdictions, you register through the International Registration Plan rather than as a purely intrastate vehicle. In Connecticut that is handled by Connecticut DMV International Registration Plan. Proof of HVUT payment is part of the IRP application and renewal — an apportioned account cannot add a taxable vehicle whose Form 2290 is unpaid.
The federal side, unchanged by state
| Tax period | July 1 – June 30 |
| Deadline | August 31 for vehicles in service in July; otherwise the last day of the month after first use |
| E-file required | When reporting 25 or more taxed vehicles |
| Suspended vehicles | 5,000 miles or less (7,500 agricultural) — no tax, but you still file and still get a Schedule 1 |
Connecticut Form 2290 questions
Where do I show my stamped Schedule 1 in Connecticut?⌄
Do intrastate-only trucks in Connecticut need Form 2290?⌄
Who handles apportioned (IRP) plates in Connecticut?⌄
Official Connecticut sources
State registration rules and fees change — confirm current requirements with Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles before filing or registering. This page covers the federal Form 2290 as it applies to Connecticut registration and is not tax or legal advice.
File once, register anywhere
E-file Form 2290 with Send 2290 and get the IRS-watermarked Schedule 1 Connecticut accepts — usually within minutes of IRS acceptance.