NH Road Toll Refund Change

superdawgfan · 11-15-2010, 09:03 AM

Every fall I send in my gas receipts to get the refund of my road toll/tax; every fall in the past I have received my refund within a few weeks.

This fall, instead of a refund, my application was returned to me for the following reason:
"Failure to apply "Annually, no later than April 15th following the end of the calendar year" in which the motor fuel was purchased by the applicant. Application may be resubmitted after January 1, 2011.

I called the audit bureau to confirm that this was a change and indeed it is. RSA 260.47 was passed in 2008, but it is not being enforced until this year.

Bottom line: Don't send in your refund app until after Jan 1!

Wolfeboro_Baja · 11-15-2010, 01:24 PM

Thanks Super, I was wondering if i could send it in early. I tend to forget to do it once January rolls around (that's probably what they're hoping for) so was thinking of doing it now. I've been meaning to call them to ask that exact question and I keep forgetting; thanks for being the guinea pig!

GTO · 11-15-2010, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by superdawgfan

Every fall I send in my gas receipts to get the refund of my road toll/tax; every fall in the past I have received my refund within a few weeks.

This fall, instead of a refund, my application was returned to me for the following reason:
"Failure to apply "Annually, no later than April 15th following the end of the calendar year" in which the motor fuel was purchased by the applicant. Application may be resubmitted after January 1, 2011.

I called the audit bureau to confirm that this was a change and indeed it is. RSA 260.47 was passed in 2008, but it is not being enforced until this year.

Bottom line: Don't send in your refund app until after Jan 1!

Same thing happened to me. Tried to beat the rush and got the package back a week later

NHskier · 11-15-2010, 07:43 PM

Swell. Mine just went out in the mail this morning.

AC2717 · 11-15-2010, 09:12 PM

funny this was brought up this morning, I got home and in the mail were my receipts and forms
thanks for the heads up

KDL · 11-15-2010, 09:26 PM

Same thing happened to me this year. Thought for once I would get them in early. Nope. But I'm ready for Jan 2.

fpartri497 · 11-15-2010, 10:18 PM

same thing happened to me .all my forms where sent back to me and says dont file untill after jan. 1 011. a change i didnt know about

upthesaukee · 11-16-2010, 07:02 AM

...because after I sent off the form and receipts, I found one of the receipts still in my scanner where I had made a copy of it. Now I will get my full refund in a year where I put almost twice as much gas through my boat as I did in the last two years combined. A fitting end to a great boating year!

Loony Singer · 11-16-2010, 05:26 PM

Same thing happened to me. But here's the question: is there some reason other than bureaucratic rigidity for returning these applications? Why couldn't they just put the early ones in a drawer and not process them until after Jan. 1st?

There may be some logic here, but it eludes me at the moment...

upthesaukee · 11-16-2010, 06:01 PM

or at least not wanting to have the responsibility. At least they didn't just trash them and not let us know about the law change.

secondcurve · 11-16-2010, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loony Singer

Same thing happened to me. But here's the question: is there some reason other than bureaucratic rigidity for returning these applications? Why couldn't they just put the early ones in a drawer and not process them until after Jan. 1st?

There may be some logic here, but it eludes me at the moment...

By sending them back to everyone the state of NH was able to incur a considerable amount of postage and thus increase its inefficiency ratio!

Wolfeboro_Baja · 11-19-2010, 01:05 PM

If anyone hasn't completed their form yet, I've taken the state's form and created fields on it so you can fill it in on your PC, then print it off and sign it. A link to the state's blank form can be found in this post. If anyone's interested in using my modified form, let me know and I can send it to you. All you need to use this form is Adobe Reader which is free from Adobe. NO PART OF THE STATE'S FORM HAS BEEN REMOVED OR ALTERED, ALL I DID WAS ADD FORM FIELDS TO SIMPLIFY COMPLETION OF THEIR FORM.

Additional notes about my modified form; I did not create fields for the Stock Record section at the bottom of page 2. Also, I only created fields for the first 5 lines in the table at the top of page 2. Columns 5 and 6 on this table automatically total on line 17. There is a "Print" button at the top left of page 1 that will open your print dialogue box to print the document. There is also a "Reset" button beneath it that will clear all text, numbers, dates, checks, etc. from all of the fields.

If anyone needs more fields in the top table or the Stock Record section, I might be persuaded to add these fields if there's enough interest.

Stan

Senter Cove Guy · 05-11-2011, 09:54 PM

I submitted my form and receipts in early March and I haven't heard anything from the state. Is anyone else experiencing this? Is there any way to followup on status?

upthesaukee · 05-11-2011, 10:02 PM

Took about 3-4 weeks to get ours back.

raydoe1 · 05-12-2011, 07:23 AM

It took 6 weeks to get my refund

Senter Cove Guy · 05-31-2011, 08:16 AM

Took 11 weeks for my refund to appear.

BroadHopper · 05-31-2011, 03:18 PM

to get my refund this year. Just in time to help pay for gas this year. Could be the state is trying to collect as much interest before letting go of the money, or it is already spent and they are waiting for the revenue to pay us.

John A. Birdsall · 06-01-2011, 11:28 AM

I submitted my bill in Jan and received it the first week of May I figured I had done the form wrong and they chucked it;. But it was just delayed

I also reported a few weeks ago that I lost my registration and the mooring decal. I was going a little further nuts. I* called the mooring people and they said to send a letter explaining that I lost it and a check for $25.00, and they said to go to a Marine Patrol Office and get my registration. I did as they directed and the service was great. This past sat I even got another decal as they said the new one did not have any 3M sticky stuff on it.

upthesaukee · 01-03-2012, 09:53 AM

Bumping this thread up again: We are after 1-1 and can now send in our Road toll refund form.

Look Dear, we are getting back so much more in a refund now that we have the new boat, than we did with the old boat.

What's that Dear? I don't know...I guess we did buy more gas with the new boat than we used to with the old boat, but, well, you know, oh what the heck, it's all relative

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Greene's Basin Girl · 04-15-2015, 01:37 PM

I sent my boat gas receipts back on February 10th to the NH Road Toll Refund Department. I just called the state to inquire about my refund. I was told that they haven't even refunded all of those that were mailed into them in January. Does anyone else have an update on their refund?

Winopt · 04-15-2015, 09:27 PM

I mailed mine in about a week after getting the form in the mail. I got my refund back in about two weeks. It must be all timing!

smith point boater · 04-16-2015, 06:32 AM

since I sent mine in. Historically I receive the refund within a few weeks but does seem slower this year

Descant · 04-16-2015, 11:16 AM

It's not a lot of money individually, so I check the block that donates my refund to lake preservation. As a group, this could mean some good money to fight milfoil. Funds donated to your town or state should qualify as a charitable donation. This was verified when the bill passed allowing the check off on the refund application form.

GTO · 04-16-2015, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smith point boater

since I sent mine in. Historically I receive the refund within a few weeks but does seem slower this year

I sent mine in and it took quite a while to get back compared to previous years. But it finally arrived and now I have my first few tanks of jet ski gas

Sue Doe-Nym · 04-28-2015, 09:39 AM

Refund request was sent in to Concord in late February and have yet to receive a check. Spoke with someone there this morning who said that they had received it but that they were swamped with refunds. She said that there are only two of them working on it.

Anyone who has already received their refund should consider themselves very fortunate. I was told that it would be a month before mine would be processed.

Phantom · 04-28-2015, 10:11 AM

Mine came in yesterday's mail ....... get to "top off" the tank now when I put her in on May 9th

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11-15-2010, 09:03 AM	#1
superdawgfan Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 15 Thanks: 7 Thanked 10 Times in 3 Posts	NH Road Toll Refund Change Every fall I send in my gas receipts to get the refund of my road toll/tax; every fall in the past I have received my refund within a few weeks. This fall, instead of a refund, my application was returned to me for the following reason: "Failure to apply "Annually, no later than April 15th following the end of the calendar year" in which the motor fuel was purchased by the applicant. Application may be resubmitted after January 1, 2011. I called the audit bureau to confirm that this was a change and indeed it is. RSA 260.47 was passed in 2008, but it is not being enforced until this year. Bottom line: Don't send in your refund app until after Jan 1!

11-15-2010, 07:43 PM	#4
NHskier Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 284 Thanks: 40 Thanked 33 Times in 30 Posts	Swell. Mine just went out in the mail this morning. __________________ NHskier

11-15-2010, 09:12 PM	#5
AC2717 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Maynard, MA & Paugus Bay Posts: 2,521 Thanks: 747 Thanked 344 Times in 257 Posts	funny this was brought up this morning, I got home and in the mail were my receipts and forms thanks for the heads up __________________ Capt. of the "No Worries"

11-15-2010, 10:18 PM	#7
fpartri497 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Concord NH Posts: 681 Thanks: 97 Thanked 48 Times in 39 Posts	road toll refund same thing happened to me .all my forms where sent back to me and says dont file untill after jan. 1 011. a change i didnt know about __________________ dont worry be happy

11-16-2010, 07:02 AM	#8
upthesaukee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,547 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 2,397 Thanked 1,918 Times in 1,061 Posts	Me too and glad for the change... ...because after I sent off the form and receipts, I found one of the receipts still in my scanner where I had made a copy of it. Now I will get my full refund in a year where I put almost twice as much gas through my boat as I did in the last two years combined. A fitting end to a great boating year! __________________ I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!!

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11-15-2010, 01:24 PM	#2
Wolfeboro_Baja Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hopkinton NH Posts: 395 Thanks: 88 Thanked 80 Times in 46 Posts	Thanks Super, I was wondering if i could send it in early. I tend to forget to do it once January rolls around (that's probably what they're hoping for) so was thinking of doing it now. I've been meaning to call them to ask that exact question and I keep forgetting; thanks for being the guinea pig!

11-15-2010, 09:26 PM	#6
KDL Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 118 Thanks: 0 Thanked 14 Times in 11 Posts	Same thing happened to me this year. Thought for once I would get them in early. Nope. But I'm ready for Jan 2.

11-16-2010, 05:26 PM	#9
Loony Singer Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 109 Thanks: 28 Thanked 16 Times in 11 Posts	here, too. but one question Same thing happened to me. But here's the question: is there some reason other than bureaucratic rigidity for returning these applications? Why couldn't they just put the early ones in a drawer and not process them until after Jan. 1st? There may be some logic here, but it eludes me at the moment...

11-16-2010, 06:01 PM	#10
upthesaukee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,547 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 2,397 Thanked 1,918 Times in 1,061 Posts	responsibility or at least not wanting to have the responsibility. At least they didn't just trash them and not let us know about the law change. __________________ I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!!

11-19-2010, 01:05 PM	#12
Wolfeboro_Baja Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hopkinton NH Posts: 395 Thanks: 88 Thanked 80 Times in 46 Posts	If anyone hasn't completed their form yet, I've taken the state's form and created fields on it so you can fill it in on your PC, then print it off and sign it. A link to the state's blank form can be found in this post. If anyone's interested in using my modified form, let me know and I can send it to you. All you need to use this form is Adobe Reader which is free from Adobe. NO PART OF THE STATE'S FORM HAS BEEN REMOVED OR ALTERED, ALL I DID WAS ADD FORM FIELDS TO SIMPLIFY COMPLETION OF THEIR FORM. Additional notes about my modified form; I did not create fields for the Stock Record section at the bottom of page 2. Also, I only created fields for the first 5 lines in the table at the top of page 2. Columns 5 and 6 on this table automatically total on line 17. There is a "Print" button at the top left of page 1 that will open your print dialogue box to print the document. There is also a "Reset" button beneath it that will clear all text, numbers, dates, checks, etc. from all of the fields. If anyone needs more fields in the top table or the Stock Record section, I might be persuaded to add these fields if there's enough interest. Stan Last edited by Wolfeboro_Baja; 11-19-2010 at 11:23 PM. Reason: clarification

05-11-2011, 09:54 PM	#13
Senter Cove Guy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 593 Thanks: 283 Thanked 427 Times in 139 Posts	Refunds I submitted my form and receipts in early March and I haven't heard anything from the state. Is anyone else experiencing this? Is there any way to followup on status? __________________ Lake Winni - The only place I want to be during the summer.

05-11-2011, 10:02 PM	#14
upthesaukee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,547 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 2,397 Thanked 1,918 Times in 1,061 Posts	Quick service in Alton Bay Took about 3-4 weeks to get ours back. __________________ I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!!

05-12-2011, 07:23 AM	#15
raydoe1 Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 48 Thanks: 27 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	It took 6 weeks to get my refund

05-31-2011, 08:16 AM	#16
Senter Cove Guy Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 593 Thanks: 283 Thanked 427 Times in 139 Posts	Slower Than Molasses Running Uphill In January Took 11 weeks for my refund to appear. __________________ Lake Winni - The only place I want to be during the summer.

05-31-2011, 03:18 PM	#17
BroadHopper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 5,509 Thanks: 3,116 Thanked 1,089 Times in 783 Posts	About 10 weeks to get my refund this year. Just in time to help pay for gas this year. Could be the state is trying to collect as much interest before letting go of the money, or it is already spent and they are waiting for the revenue to pay us. __________________ Someday may never be an actual day.

06-01-2011, 11:28 AM	#18
John A. Birdsall Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Norwich, CT Posts: 599 Thanks: 27 Thanked 51 Times in 35 Posts	gas refund I submitted my bill in Jan and received it the first week of May I figured I had done the form wrong and they chucked it;. But it was just delayed I also reported a few weeks ago that I lost my registration and the mooring decal. I was going a little further nuts. I* called the mooring people and they said to send a letter explaining that I lost it and a check for $25.00, and they said to go to a Marine Patrol Office and get my registration. I did as they directed and the service was great. This past sat I even got another decal as they said the new one did not have any 3M sticky stuff on it.

01-03-2012, 09:53 AM	#19
upthesaukee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,547 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 2,397 Thanked 1,918 Times in 1,061 Posts	It's that time of year Bumping this thread up again: We are after 1-1 and can now send in our Road toll refund form. Look Dear, we are getting back so much more in a refund now that we have the new boat, than we did with the old boat. What's that Dear? I don't know...I guess we did buy more gas with the new boat than we used to with the old boat, but, well, you know, oh what the heck, it's all relative. __________________ I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!!

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04-15-2015, 01:37 PM	#20
Greene's Basin Girl Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Moultonborough, NH Posts: 1,515 Thanks: 394 Thanked 527 Times in 269 Posts	I sent my boat gas receipts back on February 10th to the NH Road Toll Refund Department. I just called the state to inquire about my refund. I was told that they haven't even refunded all of those that were mailed into them in January. Does anyone else have an update on their refund?

04-15-2015, 09:27 PM	#21
Winopt Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 100 Thanks: 76 Thanked 50 Times in 19 Posts	I mailed mine in about a week after getting the form in the mail. I got my refund back in about two weeks. It must be all timing!

04-16-2015, 06:32 AM	#22
smith point boater Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: West Alton,NH Posts: 197 Thanks: 328 Thanked 92 Times in 51 Posts	6 weeks since I sent mine in. Historically I receive the refund within a few weeks but does seem slower this year

04-16-2015, 11:16 AM	#23
Descant Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Merrimack and Welch Island Posts: 4,030 Thanks: 1,209 Thanked 1,509 Times in 982 Posts	Tax deduction It's not a lot of money individually, so I check the block that donates my refund to lake preservation. As a group, this could mean some good money to fight milfoil. Funds donated to your town or state should qualify as a charitable donation. This was verified when the bill passed allowing the check off on the refund application form.

04-28-2015, 09:39 AM	#25
Sue Doe-Nym Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,372 Thanks: 710 Thanked 758 Times in 393 Posts	Refund request was sent in to Concord in late February and have yet to receive a check. Spoke with someone there this morning who said that they had received it but that they were swamped with refunds. She said that there are only two of them working on it. Anyone who has already received their refund should consider themselves very fortunate. I was told that it would be a month before mine would be processed.

04-28-2015, 10:11 AM	#26
Phantom Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Berlin, Ma / Gilford Posts: 1,931 Thanks: 445 Thanked 604 Times in 340 Posts	Mine came in yesterday's mail ....... get to "top off" the tank now when I put her in on May 9th ,. __________________ *A bad day on the Big Lake (although I've never had one) - Still beats a day at the office!!*