Tom, Any idea if SVO counts as a personal use fuel?
thor --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Keith, > > I try to keep myself far from legal matters as > possible, but here is my > belief. Commerce is defined under federal codes as > selling or bartering. I > don't have a reference to that, but it should not be > hard to confirm. As you > imply, it is hard to document barter arrangements, > but if something was to go > big scale, it could be a vulnerability for federal > prosecution. > > Road tax is supposed to be paid on all fuel used for > road transportation. > This is the basis of the multi-thousand dollar fines > some truckers have paid > when it was discovered that they were using un-taxed > fuel in trucks. As you > know, the standard test for that is to put a few > drops of fuel from a suspect > tank on a piece of blotter paper and look for the > tell-tale red dye of > untaxed fuel. But, surprise, no red dye in > biodiesel, so the chances of > getting caught are less. So far no one has reported > this situation to my > knowledge. And yes, tax is due on personal use fuel- > quarterly on the Excise > Tax forms for federal road tax, and ususally monthly > on state tax forms. The > postage alone will cost more than the tax payments > for the personal user. I > paid over $700 last year in federal and state tax > payments, but the EPA says > they will use that as evidence I'm violating 40CFR79 > if I make more tax > payments for other than personal use, so I've > stopped for a while until this > gets sorted out. > > Tom Leue > > In a message dated 7/26/02 11:25:27 PM, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << Hello again Tom > > >In a message dated 7/22/02 10:11:41 PM, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > ><< Hello Tom > > <snip> > > >The EPA says they will > > >fine small producers up to $25,000 a day if they > find your are putting > > >biodiesel fuel into "commerce", meaning selling > it or bartering it. > > > >Bartering it? They actually specify that? > > > >---Yeah, its the legal definition of "commerce"--- > > Sorry, whose definition? The EPA's specifically, in > this context? Or > generally? Barter might be commerce, but it's > virtually impossible to > regulate it. Or even to prove it, if you're smart, > seems to me. Two > parties give each other gifts on a semi-regular > basis. So? > > By the way, if you are selling it, who pays the road > tax? Is there > any road tax on fuel you make yourself for your own > use in the US? > > Keith >> > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Free $5 Love Reading Risk Free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/NsdPZD/PfREAA/Ey.GAA/9bTolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://www.webconx.dns2go.com/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
