Sec. 30. (a) The following are exempt from the special fuel tax:

(1) Special fuel sold by a supplier to a licensed exporter for export from Indiana to another state or country to which the exporter is specifically licensed to export exports by a supplier, or exports for which the destination state special fuel tax has been paid to the supplier and proof of export is available in the form of a destination state bill of lading.

(2) Special fuel sold to the United States or an agency or instrumentality thereof.

(3) Special fuel sold to a post exchange or other concessionaire on a federal reservation within Indiana. However, the post exchange or concessionaire shall collect, report, and pay quarterly to the department any tax permitted by federal law on special fuel sold.

(4) Special fuel sold to a public transportation corporation established under IC 36-9-4 and used for the transportation of persons for compensation within the territory of the corporation.

(5) Special fuel sold to a public transit department of a municipality and used for the transportation of persons for compensation within a service area, no part of which is more than five (5) miles outside the corporate limits of the municipality.

(6) Special fuel sold to a common carrier of passengers, including a business operating a taxicab (as defined in IC 6-6-1.1-103(l)) and used by the carrier to transport passengers within a service area that is not larger than one (1) county, and counties contiguous to that county.

(7) The portion of special fuel determined by the commissioner to have been used to operate equipment attached to a motor vehicle, if the special fuel was placed into the fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle that has a common fuel reservoir for travel on a highway and for the operation of equipment.

(8) Special fuel used for nonhighway purposes, used as heating oil, or in trains.

(9) Special fuel sold by a supplier to an unlicensed person for export from Indiana to another state and the special fuel has been dye addityzed in accordance with section 31 of this chapter.

(10) Sales of transmix between licensed suppliers.

(11) Special fuel sold or removed via truck or rail from a terminal or refinery, if the destination is an Indiana terminal or refinery.

(12) Special fuel received at an Indiana terminal or refinery, if the tax on the special fuel has previously been paid. If this subdivision applies, the receiving supplier is entitled to a credit on the receiving supplier's Indiana Special Fuel Supplier's Tax Return for the tax paid to the receiving supplier's vendor or directly to the state.

(b) The exemption from tax provided under subsection (a)(4) through (a)(7) shall be applied for through the refund procedures established in section 32 of this chapter.

(c) The department shall provide information to licensed suppliers of the destination state or states to which exporters are authorized to export.

(d) Subject to gallonage limits and other conditions established by the department, the department shall provide for refund of the tax imposed by this chapter to a wholesale distributor exporting undyed special fuel out of a bulk plant in this state in a vehicle capable of carrying not more than five thousand four hundred (5,400) gallons if the destination of that vehicle does not exceed twenty-five (25) miles from the border of Indiana.

As added by P.L.277-1993(ss), SEC.44. Amended by P.L.18-1994, SEC.26; P.L.100-1995, SEC.1; P.L.218-2017, SEC.40.