AL fuel tax bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
The bond a terminal operator, supplier, or permissive supplier posts under the Alabama Terminal Excise Tax Act. The Department of Revenue sets the amount — generally about twice your average monthly fuel tax liability. The premium is 1% of the bond amount, $100 minimum — exact price in the on-page calculator.
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Enter your amount, pay, and file with the Department of Revenue. Larger fuel bonds may get a quick review. Here is the whole thing:
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Your business details, the bond amount the department set, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
No waiting — the application collects no credit information, and the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger fuel bond amounts may get a quick review.
File with the Department of Revenue
Submit the executed bond with your Motor Fuels license application to the Business & License Tax Division. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists on them.
What it is and who needs it.
What the fuel tax bond actually covers
Alabama taxes motor fuel at the terminal rack under the Alabama Terminal Excise Tax Act (Ala. Code §40-17-330 et seq.), administered by the Department of Revenue's Business & License Tax Division, Motor Fuels Section. Licensees handle large volumes of tax before remitting it, so the act conditions certain licenses on a surety bond.
Under Ala. Code §40-17-335, suppliers, permissive suppliers, and terminal operators must post a bond of at least twice their average monthly tax liability, up to a maximum of $2,000,000. The Commissioner approves the bond limit by license classification before the license issues. A licensee may deposit certified funds instead of a bond.
The bond stands behind the fuel excise tax you owe — if you fail to remit, the state can recover against it, and if the surety pays, you repay the surety. We issue the amount the department set; your exact price appears at the application, starting at $100.
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One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount the Department of Revenue set — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file. Larger fuel bonds may get a quick review.
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Premiums from $100, exact price shown before you pay. Enter the amount the department set and file the same day.