As states have looked to shore up fiscal budgets in recent years, many of them have turned to increases in the gasoline and diesel motor fuel excise taxes. 2017 is no different, with increases in eight states taking effect as of Jan. 1, 2017. Two states 鈥� New York and West Virginia 鈥� will see slight reductions based on automatic adjustments. A summary of the changes are below.
01-04-2017 Beginning July 1, a number of states will see changes to the price of fuel at the pump as new taxes take effect.
06-24-2013 At least 18 state legislatures have either passed tax increases this year to fund infrastructure or are considering it.
06-03-2013 Chair of the Iowa House Transportation Committee, Rep. Josh Byrnes, R-Osage, filed an amendment to a bill that would gradually increase the state fuel tax by 10 cents, though the measure awaits floor debate in the Iowa House.
05-20-2013 Increasing the federal motor fuels tax is the simplest, fairest and least invasive way to increase revenues for infrastructure spending, USA Today stated in a recent editorial.
05-20-2013 When Congress gets to work next year on renewing the highway trust fund, increasing fuel taxes to fund highway infrastructure is going to be a tough sell, according to Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.).
05-13-2013 Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead (R) has signed a bill that will increase the state’s tax on diesel and gasoline to 24 cents beginning in July, up from the current 14-cent-per-gallon tax.
02-25-2013