LA motor fuels tax supplier bonds.
0.75% of the bond amount.
A Louisiana motor fuel supplier or permissive supplier — anyone who imports, produces, or first sells taxable motor fuel in bulk before tax is paid — files a surety bond with the Department of Revenue under La. R.S. 47:818.40. The Secretary sets the amount at whatever is greater of a statutory floor or three months of tax liability; premiums cost 0.75% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, after a quick soft credit check that never affects your score.
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The motor fuels tax bond is straightforward paper once you know your amount. Enter it, consent to a soft pull, and file with the Department of Revenue. Here is the whole thing:
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Your business details, Louisiana Department of Revenue account number, the bond amount the Secretary set, and the effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Approved
Most supplier bonds clear on the spot; the soft credit pull informs approval and never affects your score. Your premium is 0.75% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
File with the Department of Revenue
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to attach to your motor fuels tax license application or renewal. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the motor fuels tax bond actually guarantees
Louisiana taxes gasoline, diesel, and other motor fuels once, at the supplier level, before the fuel moves further down the distribution chain. To be licensed as a supplier or permissive supplier — the parties allowed to remove or import fuel tax-deferred for later remittance — the applicant files a surety bond with the Louisiana Department of Revenue under La. R.S. 47:818.40, part of the state's Motor Fuels Tax law (La. R.S. 47:818.1 et seq.).
It is a three-party arrangement: the supplier (the principal), the surety carrier, and the State of Louisiana, acting through the Secretary of Revenue, as obligee. The bond indemnifies the state against unpaid motor fuels tax; if a supplier collects or owes tax and fails to remit it, the state can claim against the bond, and the supplier then owes the surety.
For a supplier or permissive supplier, La. R.S. 47:818.40 sets the bond at a minimum of $50,000, or an amount equal to three months' tax liability, whichever is greater — a lower $20,000 floor applies to distributors, importers, exporters, blenders, and interstate motor fuel users, and a supplier that is also a terminal operator needs only one bond. The Secretary approves the surety as to sufficiency and form and can require an increased bond if liability grows. Your premium is priced from a $100 minimum at 0.75% of the amount your license requires, after a quick soft credit check that never affects your score.
You need this bond if you are
One application, priced at checkout.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including your Department of Revenue account number and a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. The pull never affects your score, and your price — 0.75% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — is set at application.
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0.75% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, soft pull only. Enter your Department of Revenue amount and file the same day. Free until issued.