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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
Business
Virginia increases registration fees, diesel taxes to fund I-81 improvements
The Virginia General Assembly adopted Wednesday, April 3, a recommendation from Gov. Ralph Northam that will increase vehicle registration fees for all trucks weighing more than 10,000 pounds.
April 4, 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
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
New Jersey passes bill to increase per-gallon diesel tax by more than 30 cents next year
The fuel tax increase includes a 23-cent increase to petroleum taxes across the board, and another four-cent increase for diesel fuel, which will take effect Jan. 1, 2017, through the end of June. The diesel tax is also set to increase by another four cents per gallon after July 1, 2017.
October 11, 2016
Overdrive Extra
Highway bill: So much, yet too little
The new highway bill did nothing to create stable user-based funding to make our infrastructure program self-sustaining.
December 18, 2015
Business
GAO studying FMCSA predictions vs. reality on hours rule, ATA says in regulatory, legislative update
Dave Osiecki, the American Trucking Associations’ head of regulatory affairs, said the results of the GAO’s study are expected in the coming months. Osiecki and Chris Spears, ATA’s head of legislative affairs, offered a regulatory and legislative update April 24.
April 24, 2015
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