Fuel taxes change in several states

Updated Jul 3, 2013

Several states will see changes to the price of fuel at the pump as new taxes take effect today, July 1.

Here’s a list where changes will occur:

  • Nebraska: Motor fuels tax will increase 1.7 cents per gallon to 26.3 cents per gallon
  • North Carolina: Motor fuels tax is going up from 37.5 cents per gallon to 37.6 cents per gallon.
  • Kentucky: Fuel tax will go up 2.4 cents per gallon, raising the state tax to 32.3 cents per gallon.
  • Wyoming: The first fuel tax increase in 15 years will increase the tax to 10 cents per gallon.
  • Maryland: The first of three increases to take effect, the July 1 increase will push the state’s fuel tax to 27.5 cents per gallon
  • Virginia: The only state in which fuel prices could fall, when the state’s 17.5 cents per gallon fuel tax will be replaced with a smaller tax on the wholesale price of fuel, causing a drop of about six cents in the pump price.
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