The exemption for exports:

(1) under § 12-28-710(1) must be perfected by a deduction on the report of the supplier which is otherwise responsible for user fees on removal of the product from a terminal or refinery in this State;

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 12-28-720

  • Department: means the South Carolina Department of Revenue. See South Carolina Code 12-28-110
  • Exporter: means a person, other than a supplier, who purchases motor fuel subject to the user fee in this State for the purpose of transporting or delivering the fuel to another state or country. See South Carolina Code 12-28-110
  • Refinery: means a facility used to produce motor fuel subject to the user fee from crude oil, unfinished oils, natural gas liquids, or other hydrocarbons and from which motor fuel subject to the user fee may be removed by pipeline, by vessel, or at a rack. See South Carolina Code 12-28-110
  • Removal: means a physical transfer other than by evaporation, loss, or destruction of motor fuel subject to the user fee from a terminal, manufacturing plant, customs custody, pipeline, marine vessel including barges and tankers, refinery, or any receptacle that stores motor fuel subject to the user fee. See South Carolina Code 12-28-110
  • Supplier: means a person who meets all the following conditions:

    (i) is subject to the general taxing jurisdiction of this State;

    (ii) is registered under Section 4101 of the Internal Revenue Code for transactions in taxable motor fuels in the bulk transfer/terminal distribution system; and

    (iii) is one of the following:

    1. See South Carolina Code 12-28-110
  • Terminal: is a storage and distribution facility for motor fuel subject to the user fee, supplied by pipeline or marine vessel, which has been registered as a qualified terminal by the Internal Revenue Service. See South Carolina Code 12-28-110
  • User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.

(2) under § 12-28-710(2) and 12-28-710(4) may be perfected at the option of the exporter by a refund claim if the claim in the aggregate month to date exceeds one thousand dollars, by a refund claimed on the licensed exporter report for that month’s activity, or under § 12-28-710(3) if a diversion by an unlicensed exporter upon a refund application is made to the department within three years.