Certificate of Registered Gasohol Blender
(To support sales of gasoline at the gasohol production tax rate under section 4081(c) of the Internal Revenue Code)
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Name, address, and employer identification number of seller
____________________ (Buyer) certifies the following under penalties of perjury:
Buyer is registered as a gasohol blender with registration number ________________. Buyer's registration has not been suspended or revoked by the Internal Revenue Service.
The gasoline bought under this certificate will be used by Buyer to produce gasohol (as defined in § 48.4081-6(b) of the Manufacturers and Retailers Excise Tax Regulations) within 24 hours after buying the gasoline.
Type of gasohol Buyer will produce (check one only):
______ 10% gasohol
______ 7.7% gasohol
______ 5.7% gasohol
If the gasohol the Buyer will produce will contain ethanol, check here: ______
This certificate applies to the following (complete as applicable):
If this is a single purchase certificate, check here ______ and enter:
1. Account number ________________
2. Number of gallons ________________
If this is a certificate covering all purchases under a specified account or order number, check here ______ and enter:
1. Effective date ________________
2. Expiration date ________________ (period not to exceed 1 year after the effective date)
3. Buyer account or order number ________________
Buyer will not claim a credit or refund under section 6427(f) of the Internal Revenue Code for any gasoline covered by this certificate.
Buyer agrees to provide seller with a new certificate if any information on this certificate changes.
Buyer understands that Buyer's registration may be revoked if the gasoline covered by this certificate is resold or is used other than in Buyer's production of the type of gasohol identified above.
Buyer will reduce any alcohol mixture credit under section 40(b) by an amount equal to the benefit of the gasohol production tax rate under section 4081(c) for the gasohol to which this certificate relates.
Buyer understands that the fraudulent use of this certificate may subject Buyer and all parties making any fraudulent use of this certificate to a fine or imprisonment, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.
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Printed or typed name of person signing
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Title of person signing
_______________________________
Employer identification number
_______________________________
Address of Buyer
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Signature and date signed
Example. (i) A registered gasohol blender bought gasoline in connection with a removal described in paragraph (c)(1)(ii) of this section. Based on the blender's certification (described in paragraph (c)(2) of this section) that the blender would produce 10 percent gasohol with the gasoline, tax at the gasohol production tax rate applicable to 10 percent gasohol was imposed on the removal.
(ii) The blender then produced a mixture by splash blending in a tank holding approximately 8000 gallons of mixture. The applicable delivery tickets show that the mixture was blended by first pumping 7220 metered gallons of gasoline into the empty tank, and then pumping 780 metered gallons of alcohol into the tank. Because the mixture contains 9.75 percent alcohol (as determined based on the delivery tickets provided to the blender) the entire mixture qualifies as 7.7 percent gasohol, rather than 10 percent gasohol.
(iii) Because the 7220 gallons of gasoline were taxed at the gasohol production tax rate applicable to 10 percent gasohol but the gasoline was blended into 7.7 percent gasohol, a failure to blend has occurred with respect to the gasoline. As the person that bought the gasoline in connection with the taxable removal, the blender is liable for the tax imposed under paragraph (f)(2)(i) of this section. The amount of tax imposed is the difference between-
(A) 7220 gallons times the gasohol production tax rate applicable to 7.7 percent gasohol; and
(B) 7220 gallons times the gasohol production tax rate applicable to 10 percent gasohol.
(iv) Because the gasohol does not contain exactly 7.7 percent alcohol, the benefit of the gasohol production tax rate with respect to the alcohol is less than the amount of the alcohol mixture credit under section 40(b) (determined before the application of section 40(c)). Accordingly, the blender may be entitled to claim an alcohol mixture credit for the alcohol used in the gasohol. Under section 40(c), however, the amount of the alcohol mixture credit must be reduced to take into account the benefit provided with respect to the alcohol by the gasohol production tax rate.
26 C.F.R. §48.4081-6