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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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Hawaii

What's this: Effective Date | Total - Non-light Duty Vehicles
  Gasoline Diesel  
Excise Tax Rate (cents/gallon) 16 16  
State Fees (cents/gallon) 0 0  
State Sales Taxes (cents/gallon) 0 0  
Other Taxes (cents/gallon) 0 0  
Local Taxes (cents/gallon) varies varies  
Total (cents/gallon) 16 16
Total - Non-light Duty Vehicles(cents/gallon) - 16  
Effective Date 7/1/2016 7/1/2016  
Histogram View state benchmarking data for 1992 to 2019 in graphical (histogram) format.
A 4% General Excise Tax is applied to retailers' gross sales but is not included since it is not directed to transportation purposes. On Oahu, and additional 0.5% GET is applied that funds public transportation. Additional county taxes range from 16.5 to 23.0 cpg. Non-transportation purposes: 2.5 cpg environmental response tax.

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.