Carrier Summary Report

Instructions for Form 720-CS
(Rev. July 2017)

Department of the Treasury
Internal Revenue Service

For Use With Form 720-CS (Rev. September 2010)
Carrier Summary Report
Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless
otherwise noted.

Future Developments

For the latest information about developments related to Form
720-CS, and its instructions, such as legislation enacted after
they were published, go to IRS.gov/Form720CS.

Reminders

These instructions are for paper filers. Electronic filing is
required for each return reporting 25 or more transactions a
month. However, all taxpayers are encouraged to electronically
file. File Form 720-CS electronically through the Excise
Summary Terminal Activity Reporting System (ExSTARS). For
more information on e-file and ExSTARS, visit the IRS website at
IRS.gov/Excise. Also, see Pub. 3536, Motor Fuel Excise Tax EDI
Guide.

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General Instructions
Use Form 720-CS if you're a bulk transport carrier to report
monthly receipts and disbursements of all liquid products at a
storage location designated by a facility control number (FCN).
A liquid product is any liquid that is transported in or out of
storage at a terminal or any other facility. See Table 2.

Who Must File

Form 720-CS is required to be filed by bulk transport carriers
(barges, ships, and pipelines) who receive or deliver reportable
liquid products in or out of storage at a terminal, or any other
location designated by an FCN.
Pipelines only file receipt or delivery transactions at an
approved terminal.

When To File

Form 720-CS must be filed monthly. The report is due the last
day of the month following the month in which the transaction
occurs.
If any due date for filing a return falls on a Saturday, Sunday,
or legal holiday, you may file the return on the next business day.
Send your information return to the IRS using the U.S. Postal
Service or a designated private delivery service to meet the
“timely mailing as timely filing/paying” rule. See Private Delivery
Services, later.

Send Form 720-CS to:

Jul 26, 2017

Send the forms in a flat mailing (not folded). Don't staple, tear, or
tape any of these forms. If you're sending a large number of
forms in conveniently sized packages, write your name and EIN
on each package and number the packages consecutively.
Postal regulations require forms and packages to be sent by
First-Class Mail.

How To Complete Form 720-CS

Below are suggestions that will allow the IRS to process the
submitted forms in the most economical manner.
1. If you need additional forms or schedules, you may use
photocopies.
2. Although handwritten forms are acceptable, the IRS
prefers that you type or machine print data entries using 10pitch (pica) or 12-pitch (elite) black type. Use block print, not
script characters. Insert data in the middle of the blocks not
touching other printing and guidelines, and take other measures
to guarantee a dark black, clear, sharp image.
3. Don’t enter 0 (zero) or “None” in data entry boxes when
no entry is required. Leave the boxes blank unless the
instructions specifically require that you enter a 0 (zero).

Substitute Form 720-CS

Purpose of Form

Where To File

Internal Revenue Service
Attn: Excise Unit
Stop 5701G
Cincinnati, OH 45999

If you want to prepare and use a substitute Form 720-CS, see
Pub. 1167, General Rules and Specifications for Substitute
Forms and Schedules. If your substitute Form 720-CS is
approved, the form approval number must be printed in the
lower left margin of each substitute form you file with the IRS.

Extension of Time To File

First time request for a 30-day extension will be granted, if
received in writing on or before the due date of the report.
Additional extensions may be considered if received prior to the
due date of the return. Send your request to:
Internal Revenue Service
Attn: Excise Unit
Stop 5701G
Cincinnati, OH 45999
Requests also may be faxed to 859-669-5788.

Corrected Returns

If you filed a return with the IRS and later discover you made an
error, you must correct it as soon as possible. If you filed your
return electronically, see Pub. 3536 for instructions.
When making a correction to a paper filed return, you must
send in the first page of Form 720-CS and the schedule(s) that
needs to be corrected with the “Void” box checked. Identify the
transaction you're correcting, either by highlighting or attaching
an explanation. Then, complete another first page of Form
720-CS along with the corrected schedule(s) with the

Cat. No. 54364R

Form 637 Registration Number

“Corrected” box checked. On the corrected schedule(s), only
enter the information for the transaction you're correcting.

Enter the assigned IRS number. Regulations section
48.4101-1(c)(1) require pipeline operators, position holders,
terminal operators, and vessel operators to be registered by the
IRS. If you don't have a registration number, use Form 637,
Application for Registration (For Certain Excise Tax Activities).
Form 637 has information on how to apply for a registration
number.

Recordkeeping

Keep copies of information returns you have filed with the IRS or
the data to reconstruct them for at least 3 years from the date of
the return. Your records must be available at all times for
inspection by the IRS.

Penalty

Carrier and Consignor Names and EINs

Failure to file correct information returns by the due date.
If you fail to file a correct information return by the due date and
you cannot show reasonable cause, you may be subject to a
penalty. The penalty applies if you fail to file timely, you fail to
include all information required to be shown on a return, or you
include incorrect information on a return. The penalty also
applies if you report an incorrect employer identification number
(EIN) or fail to report an EIN where required.

EINs are used to associate and verify transactions you report to
the IRS. Therefore, it's important that you furnish correct names
and EINs for carriers and consignors on the forms sent to the
IRS.
You may use Form W-9, Request for Taxpayer Identification
Number and Certification, or your own form, to request an EIN
from a carrier or a consignor. You may be subject to a penalty for
an incorrect or missing EIN on an information return. See
Penalty, earlier. You're required to maintain the confidentiality of
information obtained on a Form W-9 relating to the taxpayer's
identity and you may use such information only to comply with
filing these information returns.

Private Delivery Services

You can use certain private delivery services (PDS) designated
by the IRS to meet the “timely mailing as timely filing/paying” rule
for tax returns and payments. Go to IRS.gov/PDS for the current
list of designated services.

Note. Foreign persons may use the appropriate Form W-8. See
the Instructions for the Requester of Forms W-8BEN, W-8ECI,
W-8EXP, and W-8IMY.

The PDS can tell you how to get written proof of the mailing
date. For the IRS mailing address to use if you’re using a PDS,
go to IRS.gov/PDSstreetAddresses .

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CAUTION

Signature

A PDS can’t deliver items to P.O. boxes. You must use
the U.S. Postal Service to mail any item to an IRS P.O.
box address.

Form 720-CS must be signed by a person who has authority to
sign.

Definitions

Specific Instructions

Approved terminal. A terminal (see Terminal definition, later)
that is operated by a taxable fuel registrant that is a terminal
operator.

Name and Address

Include the suite, room, or other unit number after the street
address.

Consignor. The person that hires the carrier to transport liquid
product.

P.O. Box

Exports. Reportable products leaving the United States. Only
the mode codes listed are allowed. For example, EB, ES, or EP
(for pipeline). Reporting the destination country is optional. See
Table 3.

If the post office does not deliver mail to the street address and
you have a P.O. box, show the box number instead of the street
address.

Facility control number (FCN). A number that designates a
storage location within the motor fuel distribution system, or the
bulk transfer/terminal system, or renewable fuel production
facilities. Facilities include approved refineries (RCN), terminals
(TCN), biodiesel production facilities (BCN), or ethanol
production facilities (ECN). The list of facilities can be found at
IRS.gov/Excise.

Foreign Address

Enter the information in the following order: city, province or
state, and country. Follow the country's practice for entering the
postal code. Don't abbreviate the country's name.

Contact Information

Gross gallons. The total product measured in U.S. gallons
without temperature or barometric adjustments.

Enter the name, daytime telephone number, fax number, and
email address for the person who should be contacted to
discuss this information return.

Imports. Reportable liquid products entered into the United
States by an importer of record/enterer. Only the following mode
codes listed are allowed. For example, IB, IS, or IP (for pipeline).
Reporting the country of origin is optional. See Table 3.
Note. An import is only reported when the product is first
entered into the United States. Fuel is no longer characterized
as an import after the fuel product enters the United States.

Identification Numbers
Employer Identification Number (EIN)

Enter your EIN. If you don’t have an EIN, you may apply for one
online. Go to the IRS website at IRS.gov/EIN.You also may
apply for an EIN by faxing or mailing Form SS-4, Application for
Employer Identification Number, to the IRS. If you have applied
for an EIN but you don’t have your EIN by the time you must file
your information return, enter “Applied for” in any space where
your EIN must be entered.

Liquid product. Any liquid that is transported into storage at
any facility. Liquid products are specifically identified and
reported separately by their product codes listed in Table 2.
Product code 122 is used for any unlisted liquid that is used for
blending into other products. Product code 092 is used for other
unlisted liquids.
Mode Codes. The table below lists the mode codes.
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inspection report, or other shipping document. Both the carrier
and terminal operator must report the same document number.

Table 1. Mode Codes
B barge

IB import by barge

S ship (Great Lake or
ocean)

IS import by ship

PL pipeline

IP import by pipeline

Column (g). Enter the actual net gallons received from the
facility.

EB export by barge
ES export by ship

Schedule B. Carrier Deliveries to a Facility

EP export by pipeline

Use this schedule to report each delivery of reportable liquid
products to an FCN. A separate Schedule B must be used for
each FCN and each product code.

Net gallons. Liquid product measured in U.S. gallons corrected
to a temperature of 60° Fahrenheit or 15° Celsius and to a
pressure of 14.7 pounds per square inch (psi).

Facility Name/Number (FCN). Enter the facility name and
FCN.

Terminal. A taxable fuel storage and distribution facility that is
supplied by pipeline or vessel and from which liquid products,
such as taxable fuel, may be removed at a rack. However, the
term does not include any facility at which gasoline blendstocks
are used in the manufacture of products other than finished
gasoline and from which no gasoline is removed. Also, the term
does not include any facility where finished gasoline, undyed
diesel fuel, or undyed kerosene is stored if the facility is operated
by a taxable fuel registrant and all such taxable fuel stored at the
facility has been previously taxed under section 4081 upon
removal from a refinery or terminal.

Line 1
Enter the product code from Table 2.

Line 2
Column (a). Enter the EIN of the company hiring the carrier.
Column (b). Enter the name of the company hiring the carrier.
Column (c). Enter the mode code from Table 1.

Transport carriers (bulk). Includes pipelines, barges, or ships
transporting reportable liquid products to or from facilities. Bulk
transport carriers don't report crude oil movements.

Column (d). If the mode code in column (c) is either a barge (B,
IB, or EB) or a ship (S, IS, or ES), enter the vessel official
number.

Vessel official number. A number assigned by the U.S. Coast
Guard for domestic vessels (generally, wholly owned by a U.S.
citizen). For more information, go to www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/st1/
CoastGuard/index.html. For international ships, an International
Maritime Organization (IMO) number is used (issued by Lloyd's
Register – Fairplay, Ltd. on behalf of the IMO at
www.imonumbers.Lrfairplay.com).

Column (e). Enter the date from the document in column (f)
(mmddyyyy).
Column (f). Enter the identifying number from the document
provided by the carrier to the terminal operator when the product
is delivered to the facility that reflects the details of the
transaction. This could be the facility receipts document, pipeline
ticket number, barge ticket number, inspection report, etc. Both
the carrier and terminal operator must report the same document
number.

Part II.Transactions for the Month

Part II is used to report a monthly summary of the receipts and
disbursements from FCNs by product code.

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Column (g). Enter the actual net gallons delivered to the
terminal.

Use only the product codes listed in Table 2.

Unresolved Tax Issues

CAUTION

Schedule A. Carrier Receipts From a Facility

If you have attempted to deal with an IRS problem
unsuccessfully, you should contact the Taxpayer Advocate. The
Taxpayer Advocate independently represents your interests and
concerns within the IRS by protecting your rights and resolving
problems that have not been fixed through normal channels.

Line 1

While Taxpayer Advocates can’t change the tax law or make
a technical tax decision, they can clear up problems that resulted
from previous contacts and ensure that your case is given a
complete and impartial review

Use this schedule to report each receipt of reportable liquid
product at a facility. A separate Schedule A must be used for
each facility and product code.

Enter the product code from Table 2. Product code 122
(blending components, other) includes gasoline blendstocks as
defined in Regulations section 48.4081-1(c)(3)(i) but not listed in
the product code table.

Your assigned personal advocate will listen to your point of
view and will work with you to address your concerns. You can
expect the advocate to provide you with:
A "fresh look" at your new or ongoing problem,
Timely acknowledgment,
The name and phone number of the individual assigned to
your case,
Updates on progress,
Timeframes for action,
Speedy resolution, and
Courteous service.

Line 2
Column (a). Enter the EIN of the company hiring the carrier.
Column (b). Enter the name of the company hiring the carrier.
Column (c). Enter the code from Table 1.
Column (d). If the mode code in column (c) is either a barge (B,
IB, or EB) or a ship (S, IS, or ES), enter the vessel official
number.

When contacting the Taxpayer Advocate, you should provide
the following information.
Your name, address, and taxpayer identification number
(TIN).
The name and telephone number of an authorized contact
person and the hours he or she can be reached.

Column (e). Enter the date from the document in column (e)
(mmddyyyy).
Column (f). Enter the identifying number from the document
provided by the terminal operator to the carrier that reflects the
details of the transaction. This could be a bill of lading, manifest,
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The type of tax return and year(s) or period(s) (for quarterly
returns) involved.
A detailed description of the problem.
Previous attempts to solve the problem and the office you
contacted.
A description of the hardship you're facing (if applicable).

their contents may become material in the administration of any
Internal Revenue law. Generally, tax returns and return
information are confidential, as required by section 6103.
The time needed to complete and file these forms will vary
depending on individual circumstances. The estimated average
times are:

You may contact a Taxpayer Advocate by calling a toll-free
number, 1-877-777-4778. Persons who have access to
TTY/TDD equipment may call 1-800-829-4059 and ask for
Taxpayer Advocate assistance. If you prefer, you may call, write,
or fax the Taxpayer Advocate office in your area. See Pub. 1546,
Taxpayer Advocate Service—Your Voice at the IRS, for a list of
addresses and numbers. For more information, go to IRS.gov/
Advocate.

Form
720-CS

Recordkeeping
16 hr., 2 min.

Learning about
the law or
the form
30 min.

Preparing,
copying,
assembling,
and sending the
form to the IRS
45 min.

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Table 2. Product Codes
Product
Additive Miscellaneous

Product
Code

Product

090

Product
Code

Diesel Fuel Dyed (continued):

Alcohol:

Diesel Fuel Low Sulfur Dyed

227

Ethanol Mixture

E00 – E991

Diesel Fuel # 1 Dyed

231

Methanol Mixture

M00 – M99

Diesel Fuel # 4 Dyed

153

1

Aviation Gasoline

125

Ethane

052

Benzene

248

Ethylene

196

Gasoline

065
058

Biodiesel:
Biodiesel Mixture

B00 – B991

Isobutane

Dyed Biodiesel Mixture

D00 – D99

Kerosene Undyed:

Blending Components:
Blending Components Other

122

2

1

Kerosene Low Sulfur Undyed

145

Kerosene High Sulfur Undyed

147

Butane, including Butane Propane Mix

055

Kerosene Dyed:

ETBE

249

Kerosene Low Sulfur Dyed

073

MTBE

093

Kerosene High Sulfur Dyed

074

Napthas

126

Pentanes, including Isopentane

059

Jet Fuel

130

Raffinates

223

Excluded Liquid (Mineral Oil)

077

TAME

121

Liquefied Natural Gas

225

Toluene

199

Marine Diesel Oil

279

Transmix

100

Marine Gas Oil

280

Xylene

076

Methane

265

Butylene

198

Mineral Oils

281

Compressed Natural Gas

224

Propane

054

Propylene

075

Mineral Spirits:

Diesel Fuel Undyed:
Diesel Fuel # 1 Low Sulfur Undyed

161

Undefined (Other) Product

0923

Diesel Fuel # 2 Low Sulfur Undyed

167

Crude (any)

0014

Fuel Oil # 1 Undyed

150

Condensate (not Crude)

0494

Diesel Fuel # 4 Undyed

154

Asphalt

1884

Diesel Fuel High Sulfur # 1 Undyed

282

Food

9604

Diesel Fuel High Sulfur # 2 Undyed

283

Soy Oil

2854

Waste Oil

091

Diesel Fuel Dyed:
Diesel Fuel High Sulfur Dyed

226

00–99 indicates the percentage of fuel or fuel mixture (for example, a fuel composed of 79% ethanol would be E79, 100% dyed
biodiesel would be D00).
2
Blending Components Other (122) does not include product codes 155, 249, 093, 076, 126, 059, 223, 121, 199, or 100.
3
Undefined (Other) 092 does not include product codes 001, 049, 188, or 960.
4
Generally, these codes are not intended to expand reporting to these categories. However, if these products go into or out of an
approved terminal (TCN facility), they must be reported to allow full accountability of liquids at an approved terminal.
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Table 3. Abbreviations
United States (US)

Abbreviations Cont’d
United States (US)

Abbreviation

Alabama

AL

Alaska

AK

Arizona

AZ

Arkansas

AR

California

CA

Colorado

CO

Connecticut

CT

Delaware

DE

District of Columbia

DC

Florida

FL

Georgia

GA

Hawaii

HI

Idaho

ID

Illinois

IL

Indiana

IN

Iowa

IA

Kansas

KS

Kentucky

KY

Louisiana

LA

Maine

ME

Maryland

MD

Massachusetts

MA

Michigan

MI

Minnesota

MN

Mississippi

MS

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Abbreviation

Missouri

MO

Montana

MT

Nebraska

NE

Nevada

NV

New Hampshire

NH

New Jersey

NJ

New Mexico

NM

New York

NY

North Carolina

NC

North Dakota

ND

Ohio

OH

Oklahoma

OK

Oregon

OR

Pennsylvania

PA

Rhode Island

RI

South Carolina

SC

South Dakota

SD

Tennessee

TN

Texas

TX

Utah

UT

Vermont

VT

Virginia

VA

Washington

WA

West Virginia

WV

Wisconsin

WI

Wyoming

WY

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Canadian (CA) Province/Territory

Abbreviation

Mexican (MX) State

Abbreviation

Alberta

AB

Aguascalientes

AG

British Columbia

BC

Baja California

BJ

Manitoba

MB

Baja California Sur

BS

New Brunswick

NB

Campeche

CP

Newfoundland

NF

Chiapas

CH

Northwest Territory

NT

Chihuahua

CI

Nova Scotia

NS

Coahuila

CU

Nunavat

NU

Colima

CL

Ontario

ON

Distrito Federal

DF

Prince Edward Island

PE

Durango

DG

Quebec

QC

Guanajuato

GJ

Saskatchewan

SK

Guerrero

GR

Yukon Territory

YT

Hildago

HG

Jalisco

JA

Mexico

EM

Michoacan

MH

Morelos

MR

Nayarit

NA

Nuevo Leon

NL

Oaxaca

OA

Puebla

PU

Queretaro

QA

Quintana Roo

QR

San Luis Potosi

SL

Sinaloa

SI

Sonora

SO

Tabasco

TA

Tamaulipas

TM

Tlaxcala

TL

Veracruz

VZ

Yucatan

YC

Zacatecas

ZT

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