Rhode Island motor fuel export bonds.
From $100.
The bond a Rhode Island fuel export permittee files with the Division of Taxation to buy motor fuel tax-free for export. The Division sizes it to your export gallonage — premiums start from $100, and no credit check up to $10,000. Enter the required amount and the premium updates.
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How much does a Rhode Island motor fuel export bond cost?
0.75% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard export bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Division of Taxation. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount the Division required, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check up to $10,000. Above $10,000, a soft pull may add a short review.
File with the Division of Taxation
Submit the executed bond with your export-permit application to the Rhode Island Division of Taxation. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists on them.
What it is and who needs it.
What the export bond actually covers
A distributor licensed in another state but unlicensed in Rhode Island can apply to the Division of Taxation for a permit to purchase motor fuel tax-free for export. Because no Rhode Island fuel tax is collected at purchase, the state requires a surety bond as a financial guarantee that the fuel really is exported and any tax that becomes due is paid.
Under 280-RICR-20-50-1.8, the bond amount is twice the average monthly gallonage to be exported — counting only the months with activity — with each additional 100,000 monthly gallons (or fraction) adding $10,000. So roughly: 100,000 gallons/month → a $10,000 bond; 400,000 → $30,000; 1,000,000 → $70,000.
The bond stands behind the motor fuel tax tied to your export activity — if tax becomes due and is not paid, the state can recover against it. We issue the amount the Division of Taxation set, with premiums from $100 and no credit check up to $10,000 in the application, on the bond form the Division provides with your export-permit application.
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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 Division of Taxation. Submit the executed bond with your export-permit application to the Rhode Island Division of Taxation. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists on them.
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, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount the Division of Taxation set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file.
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Export bond, issued today.
Premiums from $100. Enter the amount the Division of Taxation set and file the same day.