Allowance for unaccountable product losses by fuel agent (wholesaler): tax bulletin 5027
Yearly allowance for unaccountable product losses of taxable fuel by a fuel agent (wholesaler).
This tax information bulletin outlines the yearly allowance fuel agents (wholesalers) can claim for unaccountable product losses of taxable fuel.
Information includes:
- allowance amount for both gasoline and diesel oil
- products included in the calculation of allowances for gasoline and diesel
- process for calculating the yearly unaccountable product losses for gasoline and diesel oil
- how to use unaccountable product shortages over the allowable amount of certain gasoline or diesel product
- instructions on how to offset other gasoline or diesel oil product shortages by using gains or unused allowances
Diesel oil includes taxable diesel oil, tax-exempt (marked) diesel oil and other middle distillates like tax exempt (marked) furnace oil and tax exempt (marked) stove oil.
- Guide
Author: Provincial Tax Commission
Department: Service Nova Scotia