Vitol,Inc. v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Case Number:

4:18-cv-02275

Court:

Texas Southern

Nature of Suit:

Taxes

Judge:

Gray H Miller

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  1. 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. 

  2. 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. 

  3. 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.

  4. 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. 

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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. 

  8. 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.