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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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California

2019
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20162002
20152001
20142000
20131999
20121998
20111997
20101996
20091995
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20071993
20061992
 Motor Fuel Taxes
What's this: Effective Date | Total - Non-light Duty Vehicles
  Gasoline Diesel  
Excise Tax Rate (cents/gallon) 47.3 36  
State Fees (cents/gallon) 0 0  
State Sales Taxes (cents/gallon) 6 32  
Other Taxes (cents/gallon) 0 0  
Local Taxes (cents/gallon) varies (optional) varies (optional)  
Total (cents/gallon) 53.3 68
Total - Non-light Duty Vehicles(cents/gallon) - 68  
Effective Date 7/1/2019 7/1/2019  
Histogram View state benchmarking data for 1992 to 2019 in graphical (histogram) format.
Other gasoline taxes include 2.25% state sales tax. For diesel, there is a 13.00% sales tax (effective 11/2017). The rates quoted are the state's prepayment rates. Optional local sales taxes that vary across the state are not included. Non-transportation purposes: 2.0 cpg state UST fee and 6.5 cents per barrel Oil Spill Prevention and Administration Fee on gasoline and diesel.

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.


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