Well after filing my 2007 taxes this past weekend, I was in a big funk because of how much I had to pay over my withholdings.  (A Lot)  I tried to console myself by saying "If you didn't make so much on your investments, you would not have had to pay so much due to capital gains on those investments.
That sounds good and is true, but it still hurts to write a check for as much as I did.
When I got home from work last night and checked my mail, I had a check from the state for $56.00.   Not a huge amount, but never-the-less something back from some govt. agency.
It was my fuel tax rebate on all the fuel I used in my boat for last year and it made me smile a little bit.
The really neat thing was I filed the request on the 19th of March and got the rrefund on the 31st!  
I can't imagine a government agency being so efficient.
Save your receipts for 2008 and you can take a little bit of the edge off of these super-high fuel costs.

Smitty

Nice! I didn't even know about that.

http://www.dol.wa.gov/vehicleregistration/ftrefunds.html

Thanks Smitty...I had no clue about this..

Bob

I don't know Kirk.  I just saved the credit card receipts, arranged them in order, totaled the gallons used, and sent the whole mess in with the form provided.  They figured out the tax based on the gallons used, which I don't remember.  The state then sent me a check for $56,44.

Smitty

The club used to do this years ago as a fund-raiser.  However, it moved on to bigger and better things and I continued the practice as an individual.

I get from $30.00 to $45.00 back every year.  This year was more because of the added tax here in the Puget Sound area I guess.

Smitty

Go to this web-page and follow the directions Nick.

http://www.dol.wa.gov/vehicleregistration/ftrefunds.html

Smitty