Instructions for Form 720›(Rev. June 2026)›Specific Instructions
Schedule T. Two-Party Exchange Information Reporting
Instruction 720 — Instructions for Form 720, Quarterly Federal Excise Tax Return · 2026-10-03 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · United States
In a two-party exchange, the receiving person, not the delivering person, is liable for the tax imposed on the removal of taxable fuel from the terminal at the terminal rack. A “two-party exchange” means a transaction (other than a sale) where the delivering person and receiving person are both taxable fuel registrants and all of the following occur.
The transaction includes a transfer from the delivering person, who holds the inventory position for the taxable fuel in the terminal as reflected in the records of the terminal operator.
The exchange transaction occurs before or at the same time as completion of removal across the rack by the receiving person.
The terminal operator in its records treats the receiving person as the person that removes the product across the terminal rack for purposes of reporting the transaction on Form 720-TO, Terminal Operator Report.
The transaction is the subject of a written contract.
Information reporting. Schedule T is used to report gallons of taxable fuel:
Received in a two-party exchange within a terminal—these gallons must also be included on the appropriate line on Form 720, page 1; or
Delivered in a two-party exchange with a removal across the rack.
Enter all gallons of fuel received or delivered in a two-party exchange within a terminal for the applicable fuel.
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