January 24, 2019
The Federal Circuit declined Thursday to review its November ruling that denied a $306 million tax refund to Sunoco Inc. for fuel tax credits.
December 18, 2018
Sunoco Inc. has urged the Federal Circuit to reconsider its denial of a refund for taxes Sunoco paid with tax credits, worth $306 million, saying other courts have allowed similar deductions.
November 01, 2018
The Federal Circuit on Thursday agreed with a lower court's decision to dismiss Sunoco Inc.'s bid for a $306 million tax refund, saying a plain reading of the law means a tax fuel mixture credit can be applied against a gasoline excise tax but cannot be a payment toward gasoline excise tax liability.
February 06, 2018
Sunoco urged a Federal Circuit panel in oral arguments Tuesday to revive its bid for a $306 million tax refund, arguing the government has "drastically overstated" the harm Sunoco's calculation of an alcohol-fuel subsidy into its final tax bill would impose on federal tax collections.
June 02, 2017
The government has again hammered Sunoco's bid for a $306 million tax refund, arguing in a brief that the Federal Circuit should affirm a prior ruling that the oil company was trying to double dip on tax credits for alcohol-mixed fuel by claiming deductions for tax expenses it didn't pay.
March 27, 2017
Sunoco has told the Federal Circuit that a trial court overstepped its role in dismissing Sunoco's bid for a $306 million tax refund, applying not law but a flimsy interpretation of congressional intent on how an alcohol-fuel subsidy relates to fuel excise tax.