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Pennsylvania

What's this: Effective Date | Total - Non-light Duty Vehicles
  Gasoline Diesel  
Excise Tax Rate (cents/gallon) 0 0  
State Fees (cents/gallon) 0 0  
State Sales Taxes (cents/gallon) 0 0  
Other Taxes (cents/gallon) 57.6 74.1  
Local Taxes (cents/gallon) 0 0  
Total (cents/gallon) 57.6 74.1
Total - Non-light Duty Vehicles(cents/gallon) - 74.1  
Effective Date 1/1/2018 1/1/2018  
Histogram View state benchmarking data for 1992 to 2019 in graphical (histogram) format.
The excise tax on gasoline was repealed effective January 1, 2014 and replaced with an increase in the Oil Company Franchise Tax based on the average wholesale price of gasoline during a 1-year period and revised on Jan. 1 annually. There is no cap and the floor is set at $2.99 per gallon. Non-transportation purposes: 1.1 cpg UST 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.