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Tax Study States' Motor Fuel Excise Tax Rates
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STATE |
EXCISE TAX |
RANK |
OTHER TAXES |
TOTAL TAXES |
RANK |
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Connecticut |
36.0 |
1 |
4.3 |
40.3 |
1 |
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Florida |
12.5 |
11 |
13.5 |
26.0 |
3 |
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Maine |
19.0 |
8 |
19.0 |
11 | |
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Massachusetts |
21.5 |
6 |
21.5 |
9 | |
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Minnesota |
20.0 |
7 |
2.0 |
22.0 |
8 |
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New Hampshire |
18.0 |
9 |
1.7 |
19.7 |
10 |
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New York |
8.0 |
12 |
21.9 |
29.9 |
2 |
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North Carolina |
22.0 |
5 |
0.3 |
22.3 |
7 |
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Oregon |
24.0 |
2 |
24.0 |
5 | |
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Vermont |
15.0 |
10 |
1.0 |
16.0 |
12 |
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Washington |
23.0 |
4 |
23.0 |
6 | |
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Wisconsin |
23.7 |
3 |
3.0 |
26.7 |
4 |
Source: American Petroleum Institute, "A Summary of Nationwide and State-by-State Motor Fuel Taxes as of May 1996". p. 3.
Notes:
State taxes represent rates effective as of May 1996.
Includes some local county taxes in Florida and New York. Includes state sales taxes, gross receipts taxes, and underground storage tank taxes.
State sales taxes, expressed in cents per gallon, are based on selected city average retail gasoline prices as of May 10, 1996.