{"id":1092,"date":"2020-06-11T08:00:06","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendrickoil.com\/?p=1092"},"modified":"2021-09-05T12:07:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T12:07:01","slug":"a-brief-history-of-dyed-diesel-fuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendrickoil.com\/a-brief-history-of-dyed-diesel-fuel\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brief History Of Dyed Diesel Fuel"},"content":{"rendered":"
Understanding how to use dyed diesel properly is important, especially if you are running a fleet of vehicles or equipment. There is actually a history behind this fuel that can be interesting to know too. In some countries, such as Ireland, dyed fuel has been taken out of use for taxation purposes. In the United States, dyed fuel is a commodity used in many industries that benefit from lower taxes or none at all for this product.<\/p>\n
In 1932, motor fuel taxes were necessary to help fund emergency and war efforts. This gas and diesel excise tax was transferred to the Highway Trust Fund in 1956 and is now used for road construction and related projects. Many can see the logic in having this tax added to the cost of purchasing fuel since road vehicles use highway systems and ultimately damage them. But, for those who have vehicles and equipment that use diesel off of roadways, the tax does not make sense.<\/p>\n
In the early 1990s, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) started thinking about an easier way to gather taxes from gasoline and diesel purchases. They also saw the logic in giving tax exemptions for offroad diesel. At this time, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set a regulation that diesel fuel that did not meet their sulfur standards must be dyed blue.<\/p>\n
The IRS mandated that all offroad fuel be dyed red in 1994. This would help prevent fraud and allow offroad fuel users to continue seeing benefits. It did away with the EPA\u2019s mandate of dyeing diesel blue, though. Today, dyed diesel is used in a variety of industries including construction, boating, residential heating, manufacturing, and agriculture.<\/p>\n
It could be tempting to use offroad diesel in on-road vehicles, but this can result in heavy legal repercussions. If you are caught using dyed diesel fuel in your fleet vehicles, for example, you could be fined by federal or state investigators. Also, if you do not report the legal use of your dyed diesel, you could lose out on the tax exemptions.<\/p>\n
To ensure that you are buying properly taxed diesel, whether it is dyed or not, you should start with your supplier. You must work with a reliable wholesale distributor that has great reviews and a strong reputation. Watch out for those who are offering fast discounts or rates that are too good to be true. Here are some other steps you can take.<\/p>\n
To learn more about red diesel or getting this fuel in bulk quantities, contact Kendrick Oil Company. We provide a variety of Fuels and Services<\/a> throughout Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and Louisiana. You can reach us at (800) 299-3991<\/a> or speak with a member of our experienced Team<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Understanding how to use dyed diesel properly is important, especially if you are running a fleet of vehicles or equipment. There is actually a history behind this fuel that can…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1353,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendrickoil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1092"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendrickoil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendrickoil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendrickoil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendrickoil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendrickoil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendrickoil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendrickoil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendrickoil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendrickoil.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}