Refund Claims |
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| This table shows refund claims processed during the period of July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009. During this period, we processed 4,085 claims resulting in total refunds of $4,587,201. During the same period in the previous fiscal year, we processed 4,866 claims resulting in total refunds of $2,994,901. | ||||||
Dollar Amount Refunded |
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Type of Use |
Gas/Gasohol |
Petroleum Release Fee |
Aircraft |
Diesel |
Total |
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| Agricultural Use | $ 661,434 |
$ 0 |
$ 0 |
$ 264,562 |
$ 925,996 |
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| Blending Error (contaminated/destroyed fuel) | $ 2,367 |
$ 119 |
$ 0 |
$ 16,991 |
$ 19,477 |
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| Equipment | $ 86,624 |
$ 0 |
$ 7,857 |
$ 560,919 |
$ 655,400 |
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| Exported Fuel (1) | $ 2,389,270 |
$ 81,536 |
$ 0 |
$ 2,620 |
$ 2,473,426 |
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| Federal Government | $ 190,809 |
$ 5,992 |
$ 10,625 |
$ 26,622 |
$ 234,048 |
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| Government (nonhighway) | $ 1,429 |
$ 0 |
$ 0 |
$ 67,752 |
$ 69,181 |
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| Motor Vehicle Fuels Used for Aviation | $ 148 |
$ 0 |
$ 0 |
$ 0 |
$ 148 |
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| Native American | $ 612 |
$ 0 |
$ 0 |
$ 0 |
$ 612 |
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| Reefer | $ 0 |
$ 0 |
$ 0 |
$ 208,913 |
$ 208,913 |
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| Totals | $ 3,332,693 |
$ 87,647 |
$ 18,482 |
$ 1,148,379 |
$ 4,587,201 |
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(1) During the year, several large refund claims were filed for gallons of tax-paid fuel which were subsequently proved to have been exported out of the state of Nebraska. Some of these gallons were assessed through audits (refer to Audits chart below). |
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Audits |
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| This table summarizes the audits completed in the last two fiscal years by tax program. These numbers do not include audits of the ethanol producer's credit program or terminals. | |||||||
Number of Audits |
Tax Assessed |
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| Tax Program | 2007/2008 |
2008/2009 |
2007/2008 |
2008/2009 |
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| Motor Fuels Consumer's Use | 10 |
21 |
$ 2,159 |
$ 42,412 |
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| Liquid Fuel Carriers | 8 |
11 |
$ 0 |
$ 0 |
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| Motor Vehicle Fuels | 76 |
65 |
$ (138,695) |
$ 134,271 |
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| Petroleum Release Fee | 72 |
66 |
$ (16,176) |
$ 26,404 |
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| Ethanol and Biodiesel Producer (2) | 4 |
4 |
$ 0 |
$ 722,778 |
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| Aircraft Fuels | 8 |
10 |
$ (935) |
$ 3,469 |
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| Compressed Fuels | 26 |
31 |
$ 4,334 |
$ 6,598 |
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| Gas Tax Credit | 5 |
0 |
$ (21,145) |
$ 0 |
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| Retailers | 15 |
12 |
$ 0 |
$ 0 |
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| Diesel Fuel | 79 |
66 |
$ (113,160) |
$ (13,455) |
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| Totals | 303 |
286 |
$ (283,618) |
$ 922,477 |
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(2) Some of the tax assessed under the ethanol and biodiesel producer program was subsequently refunded to the purchasers due to documentation that the purchasers exported the tax-paid fuel. These are included in the Refund Claims chart above. |
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