2019 Wyoming Statutes
Title 39 - Taxation and Revenue
Chapter 17 - Fuel Tax
Article 2 - Diesel Fuel Taxes
Section 39-17-207 - Compliance; Collection Procedures.

39-17-207. Compliance; collection procedures.

(a) Returns and reports required by this subsection shall be filed on or before the last day of the month, and the following shall apply:

(i) Each person transporting, conveying or bringing diesel fuels into this state for sale, use or distribution in this state shall furnish the department a verified statement showing the number of gallons of diesel fuels delivered during the preceding reporting period, the name of the person to whom the delivery was made and the place of delivery. This subsection does not apply to a person who transports less than fifty (50) gallons of diesel fuel into this state in the fuel supply tanks of a motor vehicle for use in that vehicle;

(ii) Each person who exports diesel fuels from this state shall report the number of gallons exported, destination state and the name of the person to whom exported;

(iii) Each dealer, who is not licensed as a distributor, shall submit a statement to the department in a format required by the department showing the number of billed gallons of diesel fuel acquired, the distributor or importer who supplied the diesel fuel and collected the tax and the total gallons sold during the preceding calendar month;

(iv) Each distributor shall submit a statement to the department in a format required by the department. Distributors may include in their reports the amount of the tax exempt bulk deliveries for authorized agricultural purposes;

(v) Each supplier, refiner, terminal operator, importer, exporter, distributor and dealer shall keep and preserve the records relating to the purchase and sale of diesel fuels three (3) years. The department may authorize, by rule, alternate methods of preserving records required under this section;

(vi) Each person transporting, conveying or importing diesel fuels into the state or producing, refining, manufacturing, blending or compounding and using, selling or distributing diesel fuels for sale or use in this state shall keep the records relating to the purchase or sale of for three (3) years;

(vii) A person shall not transport motor fuel by railroad tank car or transport truck unless the person has a shipping document for its transportation that complies with this section. A terminal operator and the operator of a bulk plant shall give a shipping document to the person who operates a railroad tank car or a transport truck into which motor fuel is loaded at the terminal rack or bulk plant rack. A shipping document issued by a terminal operator or the operator of a bulk plant shall contain the following information:

(A) The identification, including address, of the terminal or bulk plant from which the motor fuel was received;

(B) The date the motor fuel was removed;

(C) The amount of motor fuel removed, indicating gross or net gallons;

(D) The destination state of the motor fuel, as represented to the terminal operator by the transporter, the shipper or the shipper's agent;

(E) The name of the shipper of the diesel fuel within the bulk plant or terminal;

(F) The consignee's name and address;

(G) The transporter's name;

(H) Any other information required by the department for the enforcement of this article.

(viii) A person to whom a shipping document was issued shall:

(A) Carry the shipping document in the conveyance for which it was issued when transporting the motor fuel described in it;

(B) Show the shipping document to a law enforcement officer or authorized personnel of the department upon request;

(C) Deliver the motor fuel described in the shipping document to the destination state printed on it unless the person does all of the following:

(I) Notifies the department when transporting the motor fuel into a state other than the printed destination state that the person has received instructions for since the shipping document was issued to deliver the motor fuel to a different destination state;

(II) Writes on the shipping document the change in destination state;

(III) Gives a copy of the shipping document to the distributor or other person to whom the motor fuel is delivered.

(ix) A person to whom motor fuel is delivered by railroad tank car or transport truck shall not accept delivery of the motor fuel if the destination state shown on the shipping document for the motor fuel is a state other than Wyoming. The person to whom the fuel is delivered shall examine the shipping document and keep a copy of the shipping document;

(x) Repealed By Laws 2007, Ch. 11, § 2.

(xi) Each carrier licensed under the provisions of the international fuel tax agreement shall file in a format required by the department a report indicating the total number of miles traveled in all jurisdictions by the operator's vehicles subject to the tax under this article, the total number of miles traveled by those vehicles in this state, the amount of diesel fuel used by those vehicles in all jurisdictions, the amount of tax under this article paid during the calendar quarter and any other information required by the department to compute the licensee's tax liability. The licensee shall pay all taxes due under this article at the time the report is filed. If the tax on diesel fuel imported into this state in the fuel supply tanks of motor vehicles for taxable use on Wyoming highways can be more accurately determined on a mileage basis the department may approve and adopt that basis. In the absence of mileage records showing the number of miles actually operated per gallon of diesel fuel consumed, it shall be presumed that not less than one (1) gallon of diesel fuel was consumed for every four (4) miles traveled. The department shall by rule promulgated pursuant to W.S. 39-17-202(a) prescribe procedures under which a diesel user who is entitled to at least a two hundred fifty dollar ($250.00) refund of tax under this article for purchases and use of fuel in any calendar month may apply for and receive the refund at any time after the last day of that month.

(b) Payment. The following shall apply:

(i) On or before the last day of each month:

(A) When diesel fuel is purchased in Wyoming from a Wyoming licensed supplier, the supplier shall report to the department all gallons used, sold or distributed in the state during the preceding calendar month and remit all taxes due;

(B) When diesel fuel is purchased out of the state for use, sale or distribution in Wyoming, the Wyoming licensed supplier shall report all gallons used, sold or distributed during the preceding calendar month and remit all taxes due under this article;

(C) When diesel fuel is purchased in Wyoming from a Wyoming licensed refiner, the Wyoming licensed refiner shall report all gallons used, sold or distributed in Wyoming during the preceding calendar month and remit all taxes due;

(D) A licensed importer shall report all gallons imported during the preceding calendar month and remit taxes due unless the tax has been paid to an out-of-state supplier;

(E) Any person acquiring blending components for the purpose of blending with diesel fuel shall report all gallons purchased and blended during the preceding calendar month and remit all additional taxes due on the blending components.

(ii) The supplier, refiner or importer shall not require payment from the licensed distributor of the license taxes imposed under this article until three (3) business days prior to the date which the taxes are required to be remitted to the state by the supplier, refiner or importer. A licensed distributor may elect to make delayed payments to a licensed supplier, refiner or importer, provided:

(A) If the supplier, refiner or importer has an electronic funds transfer program in operation, the payment is made by electronic funds transfer;

(B) The distributor continues to make timely payments to the supplier, refiner or importer.

(iii) A distributor or importer who owns a bulk plant in this state may take a shrinkage credit of one percent (1%) on gross gallons of bulk diesel purchased directly from a terminal and delivered in this state for use, sale or distribution. This credit may be claimed on the monthly tax return. A distributor or importer who does not own a bulk plant, but owns retail locations and distributes diesel to those locations only shall be entitled to the shrinkage credit on gross gallons of bulk diesel delivered.

(c) Timelines. The following shall apply:

(i) Any report, claims, tax return, statement or other document or payments required by this article to be made to or filed with the department and which is:

(A) Transmitted through United States mail:

(I) Is deemed filed and received by the department on the date shown by the post office cancellation mark stamped on the envelope or other appropriate wrapper containing it;

(II) But not received by the department, is deemed filed and received on the date mailed if the sender establishes it was deposited in the mail on or before the due date for filing and submits a duplicate within thirty (30) days following written notification by the department of the nonreceipt;

(III) Was received but the cancellation mark is illegible, erroneous or omitted is deemed filed and received on the date mailed if the sender establishes it was deposited in the mail on or before the due date for filing.

(B) Received through electronic funds transfer, the funds shall be deemed received when the electronic funds transmission is received by the department;

(C) Received through electronic data interchange, the data shall be deemed received when the electronic data interchange transmission is received by the department.

(ii) Any tax return or license application that is not signed and any tax return which does not contain all pertinent information is considered not filed until the licensee signs or supplies the required information to the department. If the information required in the documents is presented to the department in a format other than that prescribed or otherwise approved by the department, the tax return, application or claim for refund or credit shall be deemed not filed. The licensee shall have ten (10) days to provide the information requested in a manner prescribed or otherwise approved by the department. If the licensee provides the information requested by the department within ten (10) days, the tax return or license application shall be deemed to have been timely filed;

(iii) Evidence that correspondence mailed from the department to the last known address of a person shall be deemed prima facie evidence that the person received the correspondence after five (5) business days have elapsed from the date the correspondence was mailed. As used in this section, "last known address" means the most current address on file with the department.

(d) The department shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to define the reporting format requirement for all licensees.