File VIN Correction Online and Get Schedule1 Copy in Minutes

Many tax payers do the mistake of entering the wrong ‘Vehicle Identification Number’, which is of 17 characters and a mixture of both numbers and letters. To err is human and there are chances of entering the wrong VIN especially when filing tax 2290 at the last hour. Let’s say, you might enter S instead of the number 5 and is likely to happen with others too. Neither you nor the system has indentified it but when you carry the schedule-1 copy to the DMV’s office, you realize the mistake done by you. There is no need to press the panic button but take the necessary steps to get a new schedule-1 copy with the corrected VIN number.

What is VIN?

VIN or vehicle identification number is a code given to automobiles, as identification of every vehicle. Until 1981, no specific standards were followed for allocating VIN, as well as different manufacturers use different format. However, in 1981 the ‘National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’ changed the format and made it mandatory that the VIN would be of 17 characters, without including the letters I, O, and Q. This helped in avoiding the confusion between the numerical 1 and 0.

The good news is tax filers and preparers can send an amended form for VIN correction and receive a corrected schedule-1 copy in no time. IRS or the Internal Revenue Service has made it possible for tax payers to e-file the right VIN and can be done the easy way with a reputed e-filing service provider. 

Therefore, if you make any mistake or fill in the incorrect VIN this filing season, you can rectify the mistake, send an amended form 2290 online to the IRS, and get your schedule-1 copy with the corrected vehicle identification number. Previously, e-filing VIN correction was not possible, as it was to be mailed and posted to the Internal Revenue Service. Moreover, it took around 6 weeks for the IRS to send the corrected schedule-1 copy. However, the change took over in 2011 and tax filers had the benefit of receiving their schedule-1 copy in no time with the corrected VIN.

There are reputed e-filing service providers that not only made it possible for tax filers to e-file VIN correction but offered additional features such as tax alert and fax copy alert that gives the benefit of sending the schedule-1 copy through fax. Keeping in mind the busy schedule of truckers, this feature would help truckers get automated updates on their mobile number at the time when the tax filing season is nearing by. Subscribing the fax alert feature will help tax payers get their schedule-1 copy faxed to the assigned number, as soon as the IRS issues it.