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Texas motor fuels tax bonds.
From $100.
A gasoline supplier, distributor, or other license holder under Tax Code Chapter 162 may have to post a continuous bond so the Texas Comptroller is secured for the motor-fuels tax. The Comptroller sets the amount; pricing is 0.75% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum. Enter your required amount and your exact price appears at the application.
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Three steps. One sitting.
No underwriting queue for the standard fuels tax bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Comptroller. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your business details, the bond amount the Comptroller required, and the effective date — that is the application.
Issued on the spot
Most applications approve instantly. Above $10,000, a soft pull may add a short review.
File with the Comptroller
Submit the executed continuous bond to satisfy the security requirement for your motor-fuels license. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the agency insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the fuels tax bond actually covers
Texas taxes motor fuels at the supplier and distributor level under Tax Code Chapter 162, administered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts. A license holder collects or owes substantial tax between filings, so the Comptroller can require a continuous bond that secures the state against unpaid tax.
The Comptroller determines the amount, considering the tax expected to become due, your filing history, and the need to protect the state. By statute the security is generally twice the maximum tax accrual for a reporting period, subject to a floor and ceiling — commonly $30,000 minimum and $600,000 maximum for gasoline. The bond is continuous: it stays in force until the Comptroller formally releases it.
If a license holder fails to remit the tax, the state can recover against the bond. If the surety pays, the license holder repays the surety — it is a guarantee, not insurance for the holder. We issue the amount the Comptroller set, priced at 0.75% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum.
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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 Comptroller. Submit the executed continuous bond to satisfy the security requirement for your motor-fuels license. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the agency insists.
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 Comptroller set — most applications approve instantly, and the executed continuous bond is generated ready to file.
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Motor fuels tax bond, issued today.
Pricing from $100. Enter the amount the Comptroller set and file the same day.