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Article #257: Government Incentives And Tax Credits For Biodiesel Production & Sale

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Biodiesel production, distribution, and biodiesel itself as a fuel;othe biodiesel
use, as with many emerging alternative production company sells the biodiesel
energies, has been aided in large part by retail which is then used in the fuel
recent government incentives making tank of the buyer.
biodiesel fuel production and The tax credits on Straight Biodiesel are
distribution more attractive. These tax equal to $1 per gallon of agri-biodiesel
incentives put money back in the pockets and $0.50 per gallon of waste grease
of biodiesel producers who, presumably, biodiesel. The tax credits on Biodiesel
pass the benefits on to you, the Mixtures are $0.01 (a penny) per
consumer, with lower biodiesel prices. percentage point of agri-biodiesel and
Not just any biodiesel is eligible for $0.005 (half-a-cent) per percentage point
tax incentives. The definition of of waste grease biodiesel.
biodiesel fuel, as its used for tax That is, unless the amount of credit
purposes, is monoalkyl esters of long approved to taxpaying biodiesel companies
chain fatty acids. Biodiesel production applying for the credit in a given year
companies seeking any of these credits exceeds the annual cap of $1.5 million,
must ensure that they are making in which case the Department of Revenue
biodiesel fuel that meets the will prorate credits to biodiesel
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) production companies accordingly.
requirements for registration of fuels These tax credits, however, are currently
and fuel additives as described in the temporary, and set to expire in 2008 an
Clean Air Act, as well as requirements added incentive to get started now on
put forth by the American Society of that biodiesel production company of your
Testing and Materials. own that youve been dreaming about.
All companies, whether a biodiesel Theres literally no time to waste.
production company or not, that are Another Federal Tax Credit, the Small
selling or using biodiesel may qualify Agri-Biodiesel Producer Credit (Section
for the Biodiesel and Ethanol (VEETC) Tax 1345: Energy Policy Act of 2005), grants
Credit, on their income taxes. There are $0.10 per gallon on up to 15 million
two such types of credit.the Straight gallons to small agri-biodiesel
Biodiesel Credit (considered a general production facilities producing less than
business credit by the IRS) the 60 million gallons per year.
biodiesel in question must not have been Incidentally, there are local and state
mixed with any petroleum-based diesel tax credits all over the country
fuel, and the company itself must be the available on biodiesel cost and costs on
biodiesel production company making other alternative fuels. Visit: to find
it;the Biodiesel Mixture Credit the out what your locality offers.
biodiesel in question must contain only According to recent U.S. Department of
biodiesel fuel and petroleum-based Agriculture (USDA) study, demand for
diesel, with absolutely no kerosene biodiesel production is set to increase
added, and the company itself must be the by at least 124 million gallons per year,
biodiesel production company making it. however fears about the rapidly rising
Additionally, for either tax credit on prices of crude oil suggest that
biodiesel cost, one of the following facilities might be making biodiesel fuel
criteria must also be met;othe biodiesel in even larger amounts and at an even
production company actually uses the faster rate.






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