26 USC § 6430 - Treatment of tax imposed at Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate

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identifier: "/us/usc/t26/s6430"
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title: "26 USC § 6430 - Treatment of tax imposed at Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate"
title_number: 26
title_name: "INTERNAL REVENUE CODE"
section_number: "6430"
section_name: "Treatment of tax imposed at Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate"
chapter_number: 65
chapter_name: "ABATEMENTS, CREDITS, AND REFUNDS"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "Rules of Special Application"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 109–58, title XIII, § 1362(b)(3)(A), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 1059; amended Pub. L. 110–172, § 6(d)(2)(D), Dec. 29, 2007, 121 Stat. 2481; Pub. L. 119–21, title VII, § 70525(b)(2), July 4, 2025, 139 Stat. 282.)"
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# § 6430. Treatment of tax imposed at Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate

No refunds, credits, or payments shall be made under this subchapter for any tax imposed at the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate, except in the case of fuels—

**(1)** which are exempt from tax under section 4081(a) by reason of section 4082(f)(2),

**(2)** which are exempt from tax under section 4041(d) by reason of the last sentence of paragraph (5) thereof,

**(3)** with respect to which the rate increase under section 4081(a)(2)(B) is zero by reason of section 4082(e)(2), or

**(4)** which are removed as eligible indelibly dyed diesel fuel or kerosene under section 6435.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 109–58, title XIII, § 1362(b)(3)(A), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 1059; amended Pub. L. 110–172, § 6(d)(2)(D), Dec. 29, 2007, 121 Stat. 2481; Pub. L. 119–21, title VII, § 70525(b)(2), July 4, 2025, 139 Stat. 282.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 6430, added , , , related to credit or refund of windfall profit taxes to certain trust beneficiaries, prior to repeal by , (c), , , 1324, applicable to crude oil removed from the premises on or after .

### Amendments

2025—Par. (4).  added par. (4).

2007— reenacted section catchline without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “No refunds, credits, or payments shall be made under this subchapter for any tax imposed at the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate, except in the case of fuels destined for export.”

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2025 Amendment

Amendment by  applicable to eligible indelibly dyed diesel fuel or kerosene removed on or after the date that is 180 days after , see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date of 2007 Amendment

Amendment by  effective as if included in the provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, , to which such amendment relates, see , set out as a note under .

### Effective Date

Section effective , and applicable to fuel entered, removed, or sold after , see , set out as an Effective Date of 2005 Amendment note under .

### Refund Authorized for Certain Taxes

> “Notwithstanding section 6430 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, a refund, credit, or payment may be made under subchapter B of chapter 65 of such Code for taxes imposed with respect to any liquid after
> 
> , and before the date of the enactment of this Act [
> 
> ] under section 4041(d)(1) or 4042 of such Code at the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate to the extent that tax was imposed with respect to such liquid under section 4081 at the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate.”

, , , provided that: