Treasurer Stacy Garrity Encourages Farmers and First Responders to File Electronically for Liquid Fuels Tax Reimbursements

Applications must be filed by September 30, 2025

Harrisburg, PA — Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity today urged farmers and first responders, including volunteer fire companies, ambulance providers and rescue squads incorporated as nonprofits, to submit their applications for Liquid Fuels Tax reimbursements electronically.

“It’s my goal to process and send Liquid Fuels Tax reimbursements as quickly as possible,” Treasurer Garrity said. “Receiving applications electronically helps streamline the process for everyone, meaning faster approvals and faster payments to the organizations that count on these reimbursements to maintain operations – like our farmers who put food on our tables and our brave first responders we count on in an emergency.”

Treasury’s Board of Finance and Revenue (BF&R) mailed applications to farmers and first responder agencies in June. Applications must be filed by Sept. 30, 2025. If an entity chooses to file a paper application, it must be postmarked by Sept. 30, 2025.

Claimants can file by emailing completed forms and required documents to BFRLiquidFuels@patreasury.gov or by uploading documents through Treasury’s website, patreasury.gov/bfr. Detailed instructions for uploading documents can be found here.

To be accurately processed, all applicants must also submit actual receipts that include the date, location, fuel type, price per gallon and total amount paid. Vendor payments must be presented on their letterhead and verify that all Pennsylvania liquid fuels taxes have been paid. Receipts remain in BF&R’s files and are not returned to applicants.

Fuels eligible for refund include unleaded gasoline and on-road, clear diesel. Fuels must be used for machinery and vehicle operations, and for farmers must have been purchased within a 25-mile radius of an entity’s operations. Applications are not accepted for dyed diesel.

Other groups who may be eligible for Liquid Tax Fuels reimbursement include political subdivisions, non-public schools and non-profit schools. The deadline for these groups to apply is March 31. Applications for these groups will be mailed the last week of December.

Last fiscal year, BF&R disbursed $28 million in Liquid Fuels Tax reimbursements.

BF&R is an independent administrative tax tribunal, administered by the State Treasurer. Its Board consists of three members – two are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate; the third is the State Treasurer or her designee and serves as Chair.

For more information, visit patreasury.gov/bfr.

Information provided to TVL by:
Steven Chizmar