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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76667</law_id><section_number>58.1-2255</section_number><catch_line>Returns and payments by bulk users and retailers of alternative fuel; storage</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Taxes Administered by Other Agencies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="22">Virginia Fuels Tax Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="5">Provisions Applicable to Alternative Fuels</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Each <span class="dictionary">bulk user of alternative fuel</span> and <span class="dictionary">retailer of alternative fuel</span> shall file a monthly informational return with the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>. A monthly return covers a calendar month and is due by the twentieth day of the second month that follows such month.
			The return shall include the following information and any other information required by the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span>: <a id="paragraph-275217" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2255/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The amount of alternative fuel received during the month; <a id="paragraph-275218" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2255/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The amount of alternative fuel sold or used during the month; <a id="paragraph-275219" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2255/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The number of gallons for which a deduction was taken during the month pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Exempt sale deduction" href="/58.1-2254/">58.1-2254</a>, by provider, if applicable; and <a id="paragraph-275220" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2255/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The number of gallons sold in exempt sales during the month, by type of sale, and the purchaser of the fuel in the exempt sales, if applicable. <a id="paragraph-275221" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2255/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If the number of gallons for which an eligible <span class="dictionary">retailer of alternative fuel</span> takes a deduction during a month exceeds the number of exempt gallons or gallon equivalent sold, the <span class="dictionary">retailer of alternative fuel</span> shall pay tax on the difference at the rate imposed by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Tax on alternative fuel" href="/58.1-2249/">58.1-2249</a>. The tax shall be payable when the informational return is due. <a id="paragraph-275222" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2255/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A <span class="dictionary">bulk user of alternative fuel</span> or a <span class="dictionary">retailer of alternative fuel</span> may store highway and nonhighway alternative fuel in separate storage tanks or in the same storage tank. If highway and nonhighway alternative fuel are stored in separate storage tanks, the tank for the nonhighway fuel shall be marked in accordance with the requirements set by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Marking requirements for dyed diesel fuel storage facilities" href="/58.1-2279/">58.1-2279</a> for dyed diesel storage facilities. If highway and nonhighway alternative fuel are stored in the same storage tank, the storage tank shall be equipped with separate metering devices for the highway fuel and the nonhighway fuel. If the <span class="dictionary">Commissioner</span> determines that a <span class="dictionary">bulk user of alternative fuel</span> or <span class="dictionary">retailer of alternative fuel</span> used or sold alternative fuel to operate a <span class="dictionary">highway vehicle</span> when the fuel was dispensed from a storage tank or through a meter marked for nonhighway <span class="dictionary">use</span>, all fuel delivered into that storage tank shall be presumed to have been used to operate a <span class="dictionary">highway vehicle</span>. <a id="paragraph-275223" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2255/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, cc. 729, 758; 2002, c. 7.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
