Form 2290 in Indiana: Schedule 1 & Heavy Truck Registration
What Indiana 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
Indiana BMV (registration) and Indiana DOR Motor Carrier Services (IRP)
You register at
State offices
Federal threshold
55,000 pounds
Where Indiana wants your Schedule 1
The Indiana BMV requires Form 2290 during registration, amendment and renewal transactions for vehicles with a declared gross vehicle weight of 55,000 pounds or more — commercial and farm trucks, commercial and farm semi-tractors, and for-hire buses. Farm trucks and semi-tractors at that weight must submit it at registration and again on every renewal.
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.
An excise tax that replaces personal property tax
Indiana levies a Commercial Vehicle Excise Tax paid at the time of registration in lieu of personal property tax — commercial vehicles and trailers subject to it are no longer subject to personal property taxation. Plate weight is set by declared gross vehicle weight: empty weight plus the heaviest load you will carry during the registration year. New IRP and IFTA accounts require an appointment.
Apportioned (IRP) registration in Indiana
If you run in two or more jurisdictions, you register through the International Registration Plan rather than as a purely intrastate vehicle. In Indiana that is handled by Indiana DOR Motor Carrier Services Division (317-615-7200, option 2). 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 |
Indiana Form 2290 questions
Where do I show my stamped Schedule 1 in Indiana?⌄
Do intrastate-only trucks in Indiana need Form 2290?⌄
Who handles apportioned (IRP) plates in Indiana?⌄
Official Indiana sources
- Indiana BMV (registration) and Indiana DOR Motor Carrier Services (IRP) — commercial vehicle registration
- IRS Trucking Tax Center
State registration rules and fees change — confirm current requirements with Indiana BMV (registration) and Indiana DOR Motor Carrier Services (IRP) before filing or registering. This page covers the federal Form 2290 as it applies to Indiana 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 Indiana accepts — usually within minutes of IRS acceptance.