May 08, 2026
A Florida federal judge on Friday ruled Pro Energy LLC can recover $1.85 million in refunds from fuel excise taxes it paid despite being registered as an ultimate vendor, which should have allowed it to make tax-free fuel and gas sales to state and local governments.
April 14, 2026
The Internal Revenue Service's revocation of a fuel distributor's designation for recovering taxes it paid on exempt sales to state and local governments was arbitrary and capricious, a Florida federal judge said in siding with the company in its $1.8 million tax refund case.