Title 26Internal Revenue CodeRelease 119-73

§6430 Treatment of tax imposed at Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate

Title 26 › Subtitle Subtitle F— - Procedure and Administration › Chapter CHAPTER 65— - ABATEMENTS, CREDITS, AND REFUNDS › Subchapter Subchapter B— - Rules of Special Application › § 6430

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

No refunds, credits, or payments can be made for the tax charged at the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate, except for fuels that meet one of four conditions: (1) fuels exempt under section 4081(a) because of section 4082(f)(2); (2) fuels exempt under section 4041(d) because of the last sentence of paragraph (5) of that section; (3) fuels for which the rate increase under section 4081(a)(2)(B) is zero because of section 4082(e)(2); or (4) fuels removed as eligible indelibly dyed diesel fuel or kerosene under section 6435.

Full Legal Text

Title 26, §6430

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No refunds, credits, or payments shall be made under this subchapter for any tax imposed at the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate, except in the case of fuels—
(1)which are exempt from tax under section 4081(a) by reason of section 4082(f)(2),
(2)which are exempt from tax under section 4041(d) by reason of the last sentence of paragraph (5) thereof,
(3)with respect to which the rate increase under section 4081(a)(2)(B) is zero by reason of section 4082(e)(2), or
(4)which are removed as eligible indelibly dyed diesel fuel or kerosene under section 6435.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 6430, added Pub. L. 97–448, title I, § 106(a)(4)(A), Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2388, related to credit or refund of windfall profit taxes to certain trust beneficiaries, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1941(b)(1), (c), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1323, 1324, applicable to crude oil removed from the premises on or after Aug. 23, 1988.

Amendments

2025—Par. (4). Pub. L. 119–21 added par. (4). 2007—Pub. L. 110–172 reenacted section catchline without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “No refunds, credits, or payments shall be made under this subchapter for any tax imposed at the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate, except in the case of fuels destined for export.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2025 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 119–21 applicable to eligible indelibly dyed diesel fuel or kerosene removed on or after the date that is 180 days after July 4, 2025, see section 70525(c) of Pub. L. 119–21, set out as a note under section 6206 of this title.

Effective Date

of 2007 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 110–172 effective as if included in the provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. 109–58, to which such amendment relates, see section 6(e) of Pub. L. 110–172, set out as a note under section 30C of this title.

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 2005, and applicable to fuel entered, removed, or sold after Sept. 30, 2005, see section 1362(d) of Pub. L. 109–58, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2005 Amendment note under section 4041 of this title. Refund Authorized for Certain Taxes Pub. L. 110–172, § 6(d)(1)(C), Dec. 29, 2007, 121 Stat. 2480, provided that: “Notwithstanding section 6430 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, a refund, credit, or payment may be made under subchapter B of chapter 65 of such Code for taxes imposed with respect to any liquid after September 30, 2005, and before the date of the enactment of this Act [Dec. 29, 2007] under section 4041(d)(1) or 4042 of such Code at the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate to the extent that tax was imposed with respect to such liquid under section 4081 at the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate.”

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Citation

26 U.S.C. § 6430

Title 26Internal Revenue Code

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73