Louisiana motor fuels tax supplier bonds.
From $100.
A Louisiana motor fuel supplier or permissive supplier files a surety bond with the Department of Revenue under La. R.S. 47:818.40. The Secretary sets the amount at the greater of a statutory floor or three months of tax liability. Premiums cost 0.75% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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How much does a Louisiana motor fuels tax supplier bond cost?
0.75% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
The motor fuels tax bond is straightforward paper once you know your amount. No credit check up to $10,000. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
No credit check up to $10,000.
Approved
Most supplier bonds clear on the spot; no credit check up to $10,000. 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.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
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 sets the price
The premium is 0.75% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
No credit check up to $10,000. Above that, the carrier may run a soft pull, which never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, priced at checkout.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check up to $10,000. No credit check up to $10,000, and your price — 0.75% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — is set at application.
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License your fuel supply without the bond holdup.
0.75% of the bond amount, $100 minimum, no credit check up to $10,000. Enter your Department of Revenue amount and file the same day. Free until issued.