CT motor vehicle fuels distributor bonds.
From $100. Enter your amount.
The tax bond a Connecticut motor vehicle fuels (gasoline) distributor files with the Department of Revenue Services under CGS 12-456, on Form OR-131. The statute scales the amount to your prior-year tax, and the premium is 0.75% of that bond amount, $100 minimum — enter your figure and see the exact price at the application.
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No underwriting queue for the standard fuels distributor bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the DRS. Here is the whole thing:
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Your business details, the bond amount the statute or DRS set, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
No waiting for most applicants — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. The application collects no credit information; larger amounts may get a quick review.
File with the DRS
Submit the executed bond on Form OR-131 to the Department of Revenue Services with your distributor license application. Wet-ink originals mailed whenever the state insists.
What it is and who needs it.
What the fuels distributor bond actually covers
Connecticut taxes motor vehicle fuels (gasoline) under Title 12, Chapter 221, and CGS 12-456 requires a person to be licensed before transacting business as a distributor. Before the Commissioner of Revenue Services issues that license, the distributor must file and maintain a surety bond to the satisfaction of the commissioner.
The statute sizes the bond to your tax: a new distributor posts $1,000 in the first year, and an established distributor posts one-sixth of the tax paid during the preceding year, subject to a $1,000 minimum and a $100,000 maximum. CGS 12-456 also lets the commissioner accept a nonresident distributor's bond and provides for service of process on nonresident distributors.
The bond guarantees the fuels tax you collect and 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 required, priced at 0.75% of that amount, $100 minimum, on Form OR-131. The application collects no credit information; on the rare bond where a check does run, it is a soft pull that never affects your score.
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One application, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with your required bond amount — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file with the DRS.
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Fuels distributor bond, issued today.
From $100. Enter the statutory amount and file with the DRS the same day.