# Presentation: 741825

## Reporting Changes And      Revised Chapter 2        

- 2003 Motor Fuel Workshops:
- Atlanta
- Sacramento

## What’s New:  Chapter 2 and Reporting Changes

- New Reporting Method for Motor Fuel Data- ***Smart Input Tool***
- New Revisions to “Guide for Reporting Highway Statistics – Chapter 2 – Reports Identifying Motor-Fuel Use and Taxation

## FHWA-551M – Old Way

- Reporting 551M data
-       - Diskette
-       - Paper Copy
-       - E-Mail
-       - Fax

## FHWA-551M – New Way

- Reporting Motor Fuel Data
-       - ***Smart Input Tool***
-         Beginning with January 2002 Data

## FHWA-551M

-  Smart Input Tool
-     _[http://apps.fhwa.dot.gov/motorfuel](http://apps.fhwa.dot.gov/motorfuel)_

## FHWA-551M

- Smart Input Tool
- 		- Customize form for your State
-           (Form Section Defaults)
- 		- Comments

## FHWA-551M

- States are still required to report motor fuel data
-            -  Gasoline
-            -  Gasohol
-            -  Highway Diesel
-            -  Alternative Fuels

## FHWA-551M

- Due Date
-        -  Transmitted to the FHWA
-           Headquarters 90 days after the     	   close of the month for which data   	   are being reported

## Chapter 2 Revisions

- Federal Register Notice
- 		-  June 20, 2000
- 		-  Comments on proposed changes
-           to Chapter 2
- 		-  Few comments received
- Attribution and Apportionment of Federal Highway Tax Revenue – *Process Refinements *covers FR changes

## Chapter 2- Original

- States report *Highway Liquefied Petroleum Gases – *Column 4 heading on 551M (Private and Commercial)
- - Includes butane, propane, liquefied
-   compressed gases

## Chapter 2 - Revision

- Alternative Fuels
- 		- Replaces Column 4 Heading on
- 		  551M which will also includes CNG,
- 		  E85, M85, and LNG
- 		- Energy equivalent gallons
- 		- Include details on page 2

## Chapter 2 – Original 

- Losses
-    	- Flat Percentages Losses
-        - Actual Losses

## Chapter 2 - Revision 

- Losses
- 		- Continue reporting percentage
-          losses
- 		- FHWA will treat losses as an on
-          highway use

## Chapter 2 - Original

- Diesel
-    	- Public Use of Special Fuels (diesel
-          and liquefied petroleum gases)
- 		- Exclude from gross volume
-          highway diesel and LPG

## Chapter 2 – Revision

- Diesel
- 		-  Public Use of Highway Diesel and
-           Alternative Fuels
- 		-  Include in gross volume highway
-           diesel and alternative fuels

## Chapter 2 – FHWA-556 - Original

- Reporting 556 data
- 		- Diskette
- 		- Paper Copy
- 		- E-Mail
- 		- Fax

## Chapter 2 – FHWA-556

- Electronic submission of the form
-    FHWA-556 data is required for all
-    States, 2002 fiscal and calendar year

## Chapter 2 – Important Highlights

- IFTA, IFTA monthly vs. quarterly
- Assessment Data
- Annually Submitted Data – Aviation, Gasohol, Mass Transit
- Registration Fee vs. Per Gallon Tax
- Native American

## Summary  

- States will report motor data using the Smart Input Tool beginning with January 2002 data
- Chapter 2 Revisions:
-   - affects how the States’ submit data and internal
-     FHWA’s analysis of the data
-   - States can apply the revisions to 2002 motor fuel
-     data
- Form FHWA-556 data will be submitted using the Smart Input Tool