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Build America Transportation Investment Center (BATIC) Institute: An AASHTO Center for Excellence
Build America Transportation Investment Center (BATIC) Institute: An AASHTO Center for Excellence

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Arkansas

What's this: Effective Date | Total - Non-light Duty Vehicles
  Gasoline Diesel  
Excise Tax Rate (cents/gallon) 24.5 28.5  
State Fees (cents/gallon) 0 0  
State Sales Taxes (cents/gallon) 0 0  
Other Taxes (cents/gallon) 0 0  
Local Taxes (cents/gallon) 0 0  
Total (cents/gallon) 24.5 28.5
Total - Non-light Duty Vehicles(cents/gallon) - 28.5  
Effective Date 10/1/2019 10/1/2019  
Histogram View state benchmarking data for 1992 to 2019 in graphical (histogram) format.
Non-transportation purposes: 0.3 cpg Environmental Assurance Fee on gasoline and diesel. A wholesale sales tax of 1.6% on gasoline (approximately 3.0 cpg) and 2.9% on diesel (approximately 6.0 cpg) became effective 10/1/19. Annual computations/adjustments for any increases will be implemented on October 1 of each year and will be capped at 0.1 cpg.

2016 Snapshot data is derived from the 2016 Transportation Governance and Finance.

1992-2019 data is derived from the Census Bureau, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of Labor Statistics, FHWA Highway Statistics, American Petroleum Institute, state government websites (motor fuel tax data), and toll facility owner/operator websites.