Sunoco, Inc. v. US

  1. January 24, 2019

    Fed. Circ. Won't Revisit Denial Of $306M Sunoco Tax Refund

    The Federal Circuit declined Thursday to review its November ruling that denied a $306 million tax refund to Sunoco Inc. for fuel tax credits.

  2. December 18, 2018

    Sunoco Asks Fed. Circ. To Rehear $306M Tax Refund Bid

    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.

  3. November 01, 2018

    Fed. Circ. Backs Dismissal Of Sunoco's $306M Tax Refund Bid

    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.

  4. February 06, 2018

    Sunoco Downplays Cost To Gov't In $306M Fed. Circ. Tax Row

    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.

  5. June 02, 2017

    IRS Hits Back At Sunoco Appeal Of Denied $306M Tax Refund

    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.

  6. March 27, 2017

    Sunoco Urges Fed. Circ. To Revive $300M Tax Refund Bid

    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.