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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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Washington

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20061992
 Motor Fuel Taxes
What's this: Effective Date | Total - Non-light Duty Vehicles
  Gasoline Diesel  
Excise Tax Rate (cents/gallon) 49.4 49.4  
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) 49.4 49.4
Total - Non-light Duty Vehicles(cents/gallon) - 49.4  
Effective Date 7/1/2016 7/1/2016  
Histogram View state benchmarking data for 1992 to 2019 in graphical (histogram) format.
Non-transportation purposes: Oil Spill Administration Tax and Oil Spill Response Tax (1.2 cpg) imposed when account drops below a certain threshold, and Hazardous Substance Tax adjusted annually for inflation. Counties and Regional Transportation Investment Districts may levy a fuel tax equal to 10 percent of the state rate. Border area jurisdictions may levy a fuel tax with a maximum rate of 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.


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