503 CMR 4.03
Delivery Fee
(1) Effective January 1, 2016, a fee of $253.95 shall be paid to the Department for the benefit
of the Commonwealth Transportation Fund for each Delivery Load delivered to a Dispensing
Facility. The fee for deliveries of Petroleum Product in quantities greater or less than a Delivery
Load shall be calculated using a pro-rated per gallon rate equal to the Delivery Fee divided by
10,000. Pursuant to the St. 2013, c. 46, § 20, the fee imposed under 503 CMR 4.03(1) shall be
adjusted at the beginning of each calendar year by the percentage, if any, by which the consumer
price index, as defined in 26 U.S.C. § 1, for the preceding year exceeds the consumer price index
for the calendar year that ends before such preceding year.
(2) Delivery Fees will be collected on each Delivery Load sold by the Person Delivering
Petroleum Product to any customer who is not a valid Massachusetts Distributor as defined in
M.G.L. c. 64A, § 1, Unclassified Importer as defined in M.G.L. c. 64A, § 1, or does not hold a
Special Fuel Supplier license, as used in M.G.L. c. 64E. The fee is remitted to the Department
under the following schedule:
(a) The remittance of the Delivery Fee shall be made to the Department on or before the last
day of the month immediately following the reporting period. The reporting period shall
consist of a calendar month.
Example:
Fees Collected in
Paid by
November
December 31st
December
January 31st
January
February 28 or 29
th
th
(b) A completed UST Form 500, as amended including electronic filing requirements, shall
accompany this return and payment. See www.mass.gov/ust for current filing requirements.
(c) As required, the Person Delivering Petroleum Product shall attach a copy of the
Massachusetts Gasoline Tax Return and the Massachusetts Supplier's Tax Return for Special
Fuels for the corresponding reporting period.
(3) The fees established in 503 CMR 4.03 shall not apply to a delivery of a Petroleum Product
destined for export from this State that is delivered by a bulk facility owner or operator to a
common or contract carrier or an oceangoing vessel including a ship, barge or tanker, if the
Petroleum Product is in continuous movement to a destination outside this State.