The Federal Motor Fuel excise tax on motor gasoline is 18.4 cents/gal. The various states' tax rate on motor gasoline varies between 8 and 44.8 cents/gal. Many localities add to this a per centum tax.
The average total tax on a gallon of motor gasoline nationwide, weighted by consumption, is approx. 51 cents/gal.
19 posted on 06/10/2007 10:28:32 AM PDT by SAJ
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