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Sec. 4105 Two-party exchanges

  • Internal Revenue Code of 1986
  • SUBTITLE D -- MISCELLANEOUS EXCISE TAXES
  • Chapter 32 -- Manufacturers Excise Taxes
  • Subchapter A -- Automotive and Related Items
  • Part III -- Petroleum products
  • Subpart B -- Special provisions applicable to petroleum products

(a) In general. In a two-party exchange, the delivering person shall not be liable for the tax imposed under of section 4081(a)(1)(A)(ii).

(b) Two-party exchange. The term "two-party exchange" means a transaction, other than a sale, in which taxable fuel is transferred from a delivering person registered under section 4101 as a taxable fuel registrant to a receiving person who is so registered where all of the following occur:

(1) The transaction includes a transfer from the delivering person, who holds the inventory position for taxable fuel in the terminal as reflected in the records of the terminal operator.

(2) The exchange transaction occurs before or contemporaneous with completion of removal across the rack from the terminal by the receiving person.

(3) The terminal operator in its books and records treats the receiving person as the person that removes the product across the terminal rack for purposes of reporting the transaction to the Secretary.

(4) The transaction is the subject of a written contract.

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