Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 142 - Motor Fuel Tax
Section 142.803 - Imposition of tax on fuel, amount — collection and precollection of tax — additional tax, when, amount.

Effective - 28 Aug 2021, 3 histories
142.803. Imposition of tax on fuel, amount — collection and precollection of tax — additional tax, when, amount. — 1. A tax is levied and imposed on all motor fuel used or consumed in this state as follows:
(1) Motor fuel, seventeen cents per gallon;
(2) Alternative fuels, not subject to the decal fees as provided in section 142.869, with a power potential equivalent of motor fuel. In the event alternative fuel, which is not commonly sold or measured by the gallon, is used in motor vehicles on the highways of this state, the director is authorized to assess and collect a tax upon such alternative fuel measured by the nearest power potential equivalent to that of one gallon of regular grade gasoline. The determination by the director of the power potential equivalent of such alternative fuel shall be prima facie correct;
(3) Aviation fuel used in propelling aircraft with reciprocating engines, nine cents per gallon as levied and imposed by section 155.080 to be collected as required under this chapter;
(4) Compressed natural gas fuel, five cents per gasoline gallon equivalent until December 31, 2019, eleven cents per gasoline gallon equivalent from January 1, 2020, until December 31, 2024, and then seventeen cents per gasoline gallon equivalent thereafter. The gasoline gallon equivalent and method of sale for compressed natural gas shall be as published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Handbooks 44 and 130, and supplements thereto or revisions thereof. In the absence of such standard or agreement, the gasoline gallon equivalent and method of sale for compressed natural gas shall be equal to five and sixty-six-hundredths pounds of compressed natural gas. All applicable provisions contained in this chapter governing administration, collections, and enforcement of the state motor fuel tax shall apply to the tax imposed on compressed natural gas, including but not limited to licensing, reporting, penalties, and interest;
(5) Liquefied natural gas fuel, five cents per diesel gallon equivalent until December 31, 2019, eleven cents per diesel gallon equivalent from January 1, 2020, until December 31, 2024, and then seventeen cents per diesel gallon equivalent thereafter. The diesel gallon equivalent and method of sale for liquefied natural gas shall be as published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Handbooks 44 and 130, and supplements thereto or revisions thereof. In the absence of such standard or agreement, the diesel gallon equivalent and method of sale for liquefied natural gas shall be equal to six and six-hundredths pounds of liquefied natural gas. All applicable provisions contained in this chapter governing administration, collections, and enforcement of the state motor fuel tax shall apply to the tax imposed on liquefied natural gas, including but not limited to licensing, reporting, penalties, and interest;
(6) Propane gas fuel, five cents per gallon until December 31, 2019, eleven cents per gallon from January 1, 2020, until December 31, 2024, and then seventeen cents per gallon thereafter. All applicable provisions contained in this chapter governing administration, collection, and enforcement of the state motor fuel tax shall apply to the tax imposed on propane gas including, but not limited to, licensing, reporting, penalties, and interest;
(7) If a natural gas, compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, electric, or propane connection is used for fueling motor vehicles and for another use, such as heating, the tax imposed by this section shall apply to the entire amount of natural gas, compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, electricity, or propane used unless an approved separate metering and accounting system is in place.
2. All taxes, surcharges and fees are imposed upon the ultimate consumer, but are to be precollected as described in this chapter, for the facility and convenience of the consumer. The levy and assessment on other persons as specified in this chapter shall be as agents of this state for the precollection of the tax.
3. In addition to any tax collected under subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section, the following tax is levied and imposed on all motor fuel used or consumed in this state, subject to the exemption on tax liability set forth in section 142.822: from October 1, 2021, to June 30, 2022, two and a half cents per gallon; from July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2023, five cents per gallon; from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024, seven and a half cents per gallon; from July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025, ten cents per gallon; and on and after July 1, 2025, twelve and a half cents per gallon.
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(L. 1998 S.B. 619, A.L. 2002 H.B. 1196, A.L. 2014 H.B. 2141, A.L. 2017 S.B. 8, A.L. 2021 S.B. 262)

Structure Missouri Revised Statutes

Missouri Revised Statutes

Title X - Taxation and Revenue

Chapter 142 - Motor Fuel Tax

Section 142.009 - Federal law changes in matching fund requirements, effect on motor vehicle license and use tax.

Section 142.015 - Limited alcohol manufacturer, federal permit to be filed, where.

Section 142.028 - Definitions — Missouri qualified producer incentive fund created, purpose — administration of fund — grants to producers, amount, computation, paid when — application for grant, content, qualifications, bonding — rules authorized —...

Section 142.029 - Expiration date of section 142.028.

Section 142.031 - Missouri qualified biodiesel producer fund created — eligibility for grants — rulemaking authority — expiration date — sale of facility, effect of.

Section 142.200 - Duty of attorney general — suit in name of state.

Section 142.310 - Exchange of information with other states.

Section 142.345 - Motor fuel tax fund created — disbursement, transfer.

Section 142.350 - Distribution of funds for highway and road purposes.

Section 142.617 - Interstate fuel taxes reciprocity agreement for collection and refund with other states.

Section 142.800 - Definitions.

Section 142.803 - Imposition of tax on fuel, amount — collection and precollection of tax — additional tax, when, amount.

Section 142.806 - Presumption of highway use.

Section 142.809 - Tax levied, when, how measured.

Section 142.812 - Excise tax on motor fuel losses unaccounted for — liability for excise tax.

Section 142.815 - Exemptions allowed for nonhighway use.

Section 142.817 - Fuel tax exemption for certain public services.

Section 142.818 - Federal government exemption, how claimed.

Section 142.822 - Exemption from certain fuel tax increases, when — tax refund, procedure to claim — recordkeeping — interest, when — rulemaking authority.

Section 142.824 - Refund claim, statement to director, when filed, contents — lost documentation — investigation by director — credit in lieu of refund — records required to be kept — overpayment of tax — erroneous payments of tax — interest paid on...

Section 142.827 - Distributor to provide invoices of sales to marinas, invoice contents — statement filed with director by certain counties and the commission — unclaimed refunds — county's authorized expenditure of refunds.

Section 142.830 - License required for interstate motor fuel uses, effect of reciprocity agreement, single-trip permit, fee.

Section 142.833 - Liability for unpaid tax.

Section 142.836 - Precollection of tax and remittal by licensed distributors and unlicensed importers.

Section 142.839 - Supplier's blanket election to treat all removals as removals across the rack from a terminal in this state — notice — director's list of electing suppliers — precollection of tax by supplier.

Section 142.842 - Precollection of tax and remittal by person removing fuel through supplier.

Section 142.845 - Terminal operator liability for tax.

Section 142.848 - Distributor's election on timing of remittance.

Section 142.851 - Timing election by distributors, requirements.

Section 142.854 - Supplier's duty to remit — tax credit, supplier entitled, when.

Section 142.857 - Supplier's eligibility for credit.

Section 142.860 - Remittance by electronic fund transfer, when.

Section 142.863 - Costs of administration, percentage retained by supplier.

Section 142.866 - Consumer liable, when — vendor liable, when.

Section 142.869 - Alternative fuel decal fee in lieu of tax — increase, when — decal — penalty.

Section 142.872 - Diverted fuel, liability.

Section 142.875 - Final report.

Section 142.878 - Application for license.

Section 142.881 - Bond requirements.

Section 142.884 - Supplier's license — supplier's bond for financial responsibility required.

Section 142.887 - Terminal operator's license, when required — operator's bond — statement of operations.

Section 142.890 - Transporter's license, when required — transporter's bond — required reports.

Section 142.893 - Distributor's license, when required.

Section 142.896 - Distributors' bond — motor fuel trust fund created.

Section 142.899 - License issued by director, nontransferable, display of license — transfer of business, procedure — successor to licensee, duties and liabilities — publication list of licensees — record retention period.

Section 142.900 - Director may prescribe forms and require the submission of information.

Section 142.902 - Reports, filing date, how determined.

Section 142.905 - Revocation of license — review — penalties.

Section 142.908 - Consumer remittance, when due — penalty.

Section 142.909 - Penalties for failure to comply with chapter — misdemeanor or class E felony.

Section 142.911 - Shipping documents, contents — manually prepared shipping papers — exemption — split loads — posted notice — penalties.

Section 142.914 - Transporters' duties — penalties.

Section 142.917 - Diverted shipment or incorrect information on shipping paper, relief, rulemaking authority.

Section 142.920 - Supplier's and operator's reliance on transporters and shippers, joint liability, operator's reliance on supplier.

Section 142.923 - Motor fuel tax evasion, exceptions, penalty.

Section 142.926 - Notice of exempt use on shipping papers — penalty — enforcement authority.

Section 142.929 - Distributor and transporter duties when fuel not dyed and tax not paid to supplier — penalties — enforcement authority.

Section 142.932 - Highway operation of vehicle with dyed fuel prohibited, when — unlawful use of dyed fuel — penalties.

Section 142.935 - Notice of dyed fuels.

Section 142.938 - Tamper-resistant standards for shipping papers.

Section 142.941 - Inspections, requirements, limitations.

Section 142.944 - Audits.

Section 142.947 - Liens, motor fuel tax — notice of, satisfaction — record content.

Section 142.950 - Enforcement authority.

Section 142.951 - Director may conduct investigations.

Section 142.953 - Rulemaking procedures.

Section 142.1000 - Task force created, members, duties, meetings — written report, when — expiration date.