Treasury Seeks Input on Excise Tax Refund Form Tweaks
Published Date: 12/2/2025
Notice
Summary
The Treasury is updating the form businesses and others use to claim refunds on excise taxes. If you’ve paid these taxes by mistake, this change affects you and could save you time and money. Comments on the update are open until January 2, 2026, so don’t miss your chance to weigh in!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Paperwork Burden: 48,800 Respondents
The revised information collection is estimated to involve 48,800 respondents. The agency estimates each response will take about 5 hours and 13 minutes, for a total estimated annual burden of 255,010 hours.
Form 8849 Revised for Excise Refunds
The Treasury is revising Form 8849, the IRS form used to claim refunds of excise taxes. If you paid an excise tax by mistake, this updated form could save you time and money when filing a refund claim.
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