Vitol,Inc. v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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January 06, 2023
Court Ends Vitol's $8.8M Tax Refund Bid For Butane Blends
A Texas federal court dismissed Vitol's bid for an $8.8 million tax refund, citing a Fifth Circuit decision that found it wasn't entitled to alternative fuel mixture tax credits for its butane blends because butane doesn't count as a liquefied petroleum gas.
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April 09, 2020
Stay Granted In Vitol's Bid For $8.8M Butane Refund
A Texas federal court has paused energy company Vitol's $8.8 million tax refund bid for its butane use, granting the company's disputed request for an appeal before the official conclusion of the case.
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March 24, 2020
Court Denies Vitol $8.8M Tax Refund For Butane Use In Fuels
A Texas federal court denied energy company Vitol an $8.8 million refund for its use of butane Tuesday, adopting a magistrate judge's recommendations that found its fuel mixtures don't qualify for an alternative fuel mixture tax credit.
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March 11, 2020
Vitol Asks Court To Preserve Bid For $8.8M Fuel Tax Credit
A magistrate judge wrongly set aside the plain meaning of an alternative fuel tax credit statute in recommending that a Texas federal court deny Vitol an $8.8 million tax refund for butane use, the energy company has told the court.
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February 26, 2020
Vitol's Butane Shouldn't Qualify For $8.8M Credit, Judge Says
Butane mixtures produced by Vitol should not qualify for the alternative fuel mixture tax credit, a Texas federal magistrate judge has said in recommending that the energy company be denied a partial win in its $8.8 million tax refund suit.
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January 27, 2020
Vitol's Butane Not Eligible For $8.8M Fuel Tax Credit, US Says
The energy company Vitol is not eligible for an $8.8 million refund for alternative fuel mixture tax credits because the fuel it produces contains butane, which doesn't qualify for the credit, the U.S. government told a Texas federal court.
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June 29, 2019
Vitol Asks For $8.8M Tax Refund For Mixing Butane
Butane is a liquefied petroleum gas that qualifies for a federal excise tax credit for alternative fuel mixtures, Vitol has told a Texas federal court in asking to be granted a $8.8 million tax refund.
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July 05, 2018
Energy Co. Wants $9M From IRS For Alternative Fuel Credit
An energy company asked a Texas federal court to compel the Internal Revenue Service to return nearly $9 million, plus interest, to the company because it qualified for the federal alternative fuel tax credit.