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Maine

What's this: Effective Date | Total - Non-light Duty Vehicles
  Gasoline Diesel  
Excise Tax Rate (cents/gallon) 30 31.2  
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) 30 31.2
Total - Non-light Duty Vehicles(cents/gallon) - 31.2  
Effective Date 7/1/2011 7/1/2011  
Histogram View state benchmarking data for 1992 to 2019 in graphical (histogram) format.
Excise tax indexing ended 1/1/2012, rates in effect on 7/1/2011 remain in effect. Non-transportation purposes: 1.4 cpg (gasoline) and 0.67 cpg (diesel) Ground and Surface Waters Clean-up and Response Fund, and 40 cents/10,000 gallons for Petroleum Market Share Act (gasoline only).

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.