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Since 2002, our specialists have helped businesses maximize their excise tax refunds. Our knowledge of fuel tax regulations, reporting, and working relationships with regulatory bodies across the nation enable us to capture significant savings for our clients. Fuel tax recovery can be complex, but TiP makes it simple for you to recover your fuel tax refunds.

Facts & figures
Liquid capital required
$50,000
Investment
$33,200 - $51,000
Franchise fee
$25,000

Performance Pay Means Customer Acquisition

In the United States, an excise tax is built into every gallon of gas that consumers purchase at the pump. What most companies don’t understand is that they can file for a refund from the amount of excise taxes that they pay. If they are using the fuel ‘off road’, meaning they are powering tractor equipment, refrigerated food transport, watercraft, golf courses, or any other use, there are entitled to file for a refund. We find these backdated refunds, which is mutually beneficial to both parties. In the TIP Franchise system, you will operate a business that saves your customers money and you are paid a percentage of the savings. It is a unique, efficient and value-loaded service offering that is just hard for anyone to say no to.

Big Market Opportunity

It seems like a niche space until you take a moment to consider the scale of who we help save money. ANY business that uses gasoline for purposes other than over the road transportation is owed money back on their excise taxes. So do the math in your head…this incorporates landscaping businesses putting gas into their equipment, food distribution businesses putting gas into their refrigeration units, ice transportation, fish companies and a wide variety of other businesses. A single client can yield tens of thousands of dollars in excise tax savings of which we are paid a portion in return for services. The market is big and

Our Support System

When you join the Tip Excise team, you will get support in many areas of ownership. There is a complete business model with support in all facets of the day to day operation and business development. We provide you with the CRM, sales tools, professional marketing and promotional items and scripts to present what we offer and how we help people. We staff the call center and will set appointments for you to meet with prospective customers fitting our ideal industry segments. We provide your clients with the services and processing to deliver the excise tax refunds. You just provide the customer service, local support and handholding needed to keep the client relationship intact and repeatable.

Our Experience

Over a decade of experience in providing businesses with excise tax reimbursement. We started providing these services in 2002 and have serviced several hundred businesses across the country. You benefit from years in the business and hundreds of cycles working through this process. The result is a shortened learning curve helping you get your business ramped up quickly, effectively and profitably.

Residual Income

New clients will become recurring clients year after year! Because what we do is specialized and unique to the business model, the clients retain us year after year. Another great advantage to the TIP Excise tax service model is that we are permitted to go back up to 3 years upon the initiation of the service agreement. This means that there is a significant return and tax savings right off the bat and following that initial return, the client needs help every year in processing the returns and submitting to the IRS. We do all of this processing for you, your role is just to keep the relationship and provide the local support to the client.

FAQs

  • Consulting franchise that helps businesses retrieve excise tax refunds
  • Works with business customers in navigating excise tax regulations to find refund opportunities
  • Investigates businesses’ fuel acquisitions history to locate refundable excise tax outlays

  • TiP franchisees are paid a percentage of the excise tax savings they are able to procure for customers

  • Business owners with some working knowledge of federal and state tax systems
  • Detail-oriented franchisees who can notice small discrepancies
  • Someone who enjoys working with numbers and analyzing financial records

  • Work closely with business customers in analyzing their financial books to locate savings opportunities
  • Market your TiP brand and educate business community on potential savings through your services
  • Travel to business customers to assess their fuel usage and determine excise tax savings eligibilities

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