IRS side Tax year changes
Draft forms for new tax year
The IRS usually releases the new draft form during December or January for the new tax year beginning July.
The draft forms can be found in the URL or by searching in the internet using the keywords. Draft Form 2290 (2023) - Draft Instructions (2022) -
IRS New Schema and Business Rules
The new schema and Business Rules will be delivered to our e-services account. It can be downloaded from the Inbox.
Schema Sample:
Business Rules Sample:
Get new SWID from IRS
Login to the IRS e-services login and get a new SWID by completing the questionnaire.
Steps to create a new SoftwareId:
1. Login to the IRS e-services at 2. Click Add Software Package
2. In the pop-up, choose tax year as 2023 and form type 2290.
4. In the "Checklist of Supported Forms and Schedules" choose all options.
The IRS will generate a unique SWID for tax year 2023 for ExpressTruckTax LLC. We must use the SWID to send
ATS Scenarios for testing
Once we complete the Schema and Business Rules changes, we have to send the ATS certification to the IRS for the below given scenarios using the SWID received from the IRS.
Get Certified and List under the IRS Mef providers
The IRS will verify all Submissions and certify us for the new tax year. Later, we have to send an email to List ExpressTruckTax in the Mef providers list.
Once certified, we can process the new tax year 2290 returns using the new SWID
Tax year changes in Application
Pre-filing
ExpressTruckTax usually enables pre-filing for the users by May 2nd week. For this, we will have to work on enabling the prefiling in ETT web and Native Apps.
The returns filed during the prefiling period will be stopped in our e-file from further processing.
Tax year changes in Web UI flow
Tax year changes in Native App flow
Process On-hold returns
Once IRS opens filing for tax year 2023, we will process all the on-hold returns.