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Renewable Fuel Standard Program

Memorandum of Understanding Between the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and Environmental Protection Agency

This Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and EPA creates an agreement to share information about fuel production facilities and fuel program compliance to facilitate policy development, market understanding, data verification for renewable fuel credits, identification and reduction of Renewable Identification Number (RIN) fraud in support of RFS program administration, and identification and reduction of fuel tax credit fraud in support of federal tax administration.

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