Federal Excise Tax Refunds

FEDERAL EXCISE TAX REFUNDS

With agencies responsible for directly purchasing fuel for both rental vehicles and agency owned vehicles, your agency will need to take appropriate action to claim any refunds of federal excise tax that may be available to your agency.

At the close of each quarter, the Division of Accounts and Reports sends each agency a report extracted from STARS that lists all motor fuel purchases made by the agency. Agencies are asked to verify that the purchases included federal excise tax, and add the number of gallons purchased, along with the appropriate excise tax rate per gallon.

The Division of Accounts and Reports accumulates the completed reports, and submits a consolidated excise tax refund request to the federal government. When the refund check is received, it is deposited into the appropriate agency accounts via journal voucher.

For questions contact Bernie Kahler at 785-296-2101, [email protected].