Higher gas taxes will sweep across pumps in several states on July 1 to drive fuel prices even higher.
From the West Coast across the Midwest, South and East Coast, fuel prices will jump as new state taxes — mostly to fund transportation projects — take effect:
California
A new fuel tax rate will be in place from July 1 through June 2023. For diesel, there will be a 13% sales tax rate and a 2.25% sales tax rate for qualified agricultural use of diesel, with a 41-cent-per-gallon excise tax. Biodiesel is taxed at the same rate as diesel. Gas will have a 2.25% sales tax rate and per-gallon excise tax rate of 53.9 cents.
Connecticut
The diesel fuel tax will rise 9 cents July 1 to 49.2 cents per gallon. The hike is a part of annual tax adjustment that started in 2008 that is set annually by the state Department of Revenue Services. As of June 30, the state’s excise tax of 25 cents per gallon of gas will be lifted after it was suspended April 1 through an emergency order by Gov. Ned Lamont.
