Posted on 03/09/2022 8:13:35 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
How much are you paying in taxes and fees for gasoline in California?
Irvine-based firm says the amount comes to $1.19 per gallon and some of those costs are associated with state programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
BY ROB NIKOLEWSKI
MARCH 12, 2021 1:52 PM PT
With gasoline prices on the rise, more drivers are feeling the financial pinch at the pump. After all, California has the highest gas prices in the country.
An analysis from a transportation fuels consulting company in Irvine has determined that Golden State consumers pay $1.19 per gallon, just on taxes and fees.
“I think people will be surprised,” said Leigh Noda, senior associate at Stillwater Associates, the firm that released the analysis. While many California motorists have a pretty good idea about the number of taxes charged on a gallon of gas, Noda said they may not know about other costs associated with state programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
“When you do a Google search for taxes and fees (on gasoline), excise taxes and sales taxes and things like that show up,” Noda said, “What doesn’t show up is the way that climate change fees are levied along the supply chain for fuels.”
Here’s what’s on the tax side of the ledger:
The federal government charges an excise tax of 18.4 cents per gallon.
California’s excise taxes on gasoline come to 50.5 cents per gallon. That includes 12.7 cents per gallon from the controversial Senate Bill 1 that became law to improve infrastructure and develop transportation programs across the state.
Plus, there’s a state sales tax. It can vary by area but the Stillwater analysis estimated the sales tax averages 10.7 cents per gallon.
Put together, Californians pay 79.6 cents per gallon in gas taxes.
Now for the fees Noda says are often overlooked:
Underground Storage Tank fee of 2 cents per gallon. Established in 1991 following reports of numerous tanks leaking, the fee raises money to clean up underground petroleum storage tanks across the state.
Fuels Under the Cap fee, which is part of the state’s cap and trade program that requires suppliers of polluting fuels to purchase allowances to offset the emissions that result from burning those fuels. The fee varies depending on the price of the cap and trade allowances and currently comes to 14.3 cents per gallon.
Low Carbon Fuel Standard, which requires suppliers of fuels with high carbon intensity to purchase credits from makers of fuels with lower carbon, such as ethanol and biodiesel. This fee also varies but using recent prices, Stillwater estimated it at 22.6 cents a gallon.
All told, the fees come to 38.9 cents per gallon.
Add that to the 79.6 cents in taxes, and California drivers pay $1.185 — or rounded to $1.19 — per gallon in taxes and fees.
(The above tax costs were based on Gas Prices one year ago!)
“California way of governing” - screw the taxpaying citizens, pamper criminals and illegals, make rules for the “little people”, don’t obey them yourself. FU Newsom.
Alaska is looking at giving each Alaskan a $1300 energy relief check. On top of the annual Permanent Fund dividend. On top of no state income tax and no state sales tax. Thanks to $130 dollar a barrel oil (and rising), the state coffers are overflowing again.
More proof that progressivism is a mental disorder worthy of incarceration in a mental ward.
“saying he wants to free the state “once and for all from the grasp of petro-dictators.”
Fine. Shut off all deliveries of petroleum products into California.
Today.
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Petro-dictators?
“A dictatorship funded by petroleum.”
Gosh, Gavin, do we know anyone like that?
wy69
Although I haven’t heard it said, Gavin Newsom could be described as being California’s first black Governor!
You mean they won’t let the guv buy Milwaukee and Madison votes? Isn’t that voter suppression?
California Way of governing
SDRAWKCAB
they’ll skim off the top of the return
True dat! And just what is the increase for this year? eight tenths of one cent.
California pays around $1.18 per gallon in taxes and fees and the “relief’ proposed is to not raise it to $1.19 per gallon.
Given what we’ve seen of our “elected” dictators, Petro-dictators might not be that bad right now.
I think the Socialist Dems in Wisconsin are in for a BIG surprise come November, 2022!
We are locked and loaded! Enough!
I’m sure there won’t be any fraud whatsoever linked to this hare-brained idea. None at all.
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