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Diesel fuel taxes increase in a dozen states
With the turn of the calendar to July, truck drivers will see increased diesel fuel prices in 12 states due to rising fuel taxes. While some states’ increases are less than a cent, some states’ taxes on diesel will be immediately noticeable. All of the following fuel tax increases took effect Monday, July 1.
July 1, 2019
Business
House bill would boost fuel taxes to try to drum up infrastructure funding
Rep. Earl Blumenauer on Wednesday announced the introduction of a bill into the U.S. House that would raise per-gallon fuel taxes on gasoline and diesel by five cents a year for five years — and then tie the fuel tax rate to inflation — as a means to raise revenue for surface transportation infrastructure.
May 23, 2019
Voices
Half of readers object to a miles-traveled tax as fuel-tax replacement
Part of the picture complicating the very notion of replacing the fuel tax is the slow but steady overlay of toll roads on top of the current system, which so many view as tantamount to double taxation. About a third of readers, however, voiced some support for an equitable miles-traveled system.
May 9, 2019
Voices
POLL: Would a standardized miles-traveled tax for highway funds be a good fuels-tax replacement?
With some state jurisdictions currently testing the idea of a miles-traveled tax in place of a fuel tax for road repair and expansion funds, how do you feel about the potential fuel-tax replacement being eyed as electric and hybrid vehicles become more prominent?
April 29, 2019
Business
Fuel taxes set to increase in Alabama, Arkansas
Alabama’s first fuel tax increase will take effect on Aug. 31 this year with a 6 cents-per-gallon increase. It will also increase by 2 cents on Oct. 1, 2020 and on Oct. 1, 2021. Arkansas’ 6-cent fuel tax increase will take effect Oct. 1 this year.
March 14, 2019
Business
Diesel taxes increasing in six states, falling in one
States with diesel tax incrases coming July 1 include Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Indiana, Maryland, and Connecticut while Nebraska decreases rate.
June 27, 2018
Business
California’s 20-cent diesel tax hike goes into effect
The excise tax on diesel in the state jumped from 16 cents per gallon to 36 cents per gallon Wednesday. The state has also increased the sales tax rate on diesel from 9 percent to 13 percent.
November 1, 2017
Business
Six states hike fuel taxes to start second half of year
Indiana, Montana, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia saw higher diesel tax rates take effect July 1.
July 6, 2017
Voices
POLL: Have you ever been through an IFTA or IRP audit?
How commonly state auditors review IFTA and IRP records of owner-operators is not widely known — what’s been your experience with audits of your International Fuel Tax Agreement filing or International Registration Plan records?
June 12, 2017
Business
South Carolina lawmakers override guv’s veto, enact diesel tax increase
Diesel taxes will increase by 2 cents each July through 2022 in South Carolina for a total of a 12-cent increase, meant to benefit the state’s infrastructure. The fuel tax will increase from 16 cents to 28 cents over the next six years.
May 16, 2017
Business
Tennessee, California set to raise fuel taxes
Tennessee’s diesel tax will increase by 10 cents over the next three years, while California’s diesel prices will jump 20 cents later this year.
May 8, 2017
Business
Two fuel-tax measures advancing through state legislatures
A proposal to hike the diesel tax in Tennessee by the governor is tempered by the state’s congress, while Utah moves forward on a proposal to change the fuels tax there annually, figured as a percentage of the average price.
March 17, 2017
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