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Committee hears bill to shift fuel-tax point of taxation to simplify reporting for distributors
Summary
Representative Courtney Sprunger introduced House Bill 351 to move Montana’s fuel-tax point of taxation to the first licensed distributor after fuel leaves a terminal or is imported, saying the change will reduce errors and reporting burden for distributors and the Montana Department of Transportation.
Representative Courtney Sprunger, sponsor of House Bill 351, told the Montana House Transportation Committee that the bill would shift the point of taxation for Montana’s fuel tax from the last licensed distributor to the first licensed distributor who owns fuel after it is withdrawn from a terminal or imported into the state.
Sprunger (R., House District 7) said the change is intended to reduce “inadvertent errors” and opportunities for “intentional underreporting,” and to allow the Montana Department of Transportation to track fuel movement more accurately. She told the committee the bill would not increase the gas tax and is a process change only: “This is about process. This has nothing to do with anything…
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