For all motor vehicle fuel purchases during a calendar year, a refund claim must be filed on or after January first and before July first of the next year following the year during which the purchase was made, or the claim for refund is barred unless the commissioner grants an extension of time for cause. However, any claim for refund may be filed in the calendar year of motor vehicle fuel purchase when:

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 57-43.1-05

  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33

    1.    The business is being discontinued; 2.    No further purchases subject to fuel tax refund will be made in the remainder of the calendar year; or

3.    The claim for refund exceeds four hundred dollars.

No claim for refund may be made or approved unless the amount of the claim is at least five dollars.