NC Gas Sales Tax Increase - How Much Are You Paying In Gas Tax
Posted by Michael Beauchemin on Fri, Jun 24, 2011 @ 11:09 AM
Effective July 1, 2011, North Carolina's gas sales tax will increase from 32.5 cents per gallon to 35 cents per gallon. The increased gasoline tax will place NC in the not so enviable position of being third highest in the nation for a state imposed gas tax.
The NC gasoline sales tax increase will be 2.5 cents per gallon, increasing the state imposed gasoline sales tax to 35 cents per gallon. When all other gasoline taxes are applied, the total sales tax per gallon of gasoline in NC will be 53.7 cents per gallon. At a total pump price of approximately $3.50 per gallon this amounts to a sales tax of approximately 17%.
In NC the gasoline tax is adjusted semi-annually (July 1 and January 1 ) and is based on a formula that fluctuates with wholesale price.
Senator Clark Jenkins, D-Edgecomb, NC, a former State Board of Transportation member in NC and current state senator in remarking about how the gas tax was capped in 2006 after Hurricane Katrina, "It cost us a lot of money, I don't think the gas tax affects the price."
The table below includes the gasline tax broken down by state. What do you think? Do you feel the impact of the cost of gasoline at the pump everytime you fill-up with gas? Does it help to have a sales tax increase amongst historically high gas costs at the pump? Leave your comments below.
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US Gas Tax By State - June 2011
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State
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Total Gas Tax (Local + State + Federal)
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State
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Total Gas Tax (Local + State + Federal)
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Alabama
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39.3
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Montana
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35.7
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Alaska
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26.4
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Nebraska
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45.7
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Arizona
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37.4
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Nevada
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51.5
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Arkansas
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40.2
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New Hampshire
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38
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California
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66.1
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New Jersey
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32.9
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Colorado
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40.4
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New Mexico
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37.2
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Connecticut
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63.6
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New York
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65.6
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Delaware
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41.4
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North Carolina
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51.2
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DC
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41.9
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North Dakota
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41.4
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Florida
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52.8
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Ohio
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46.4
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Georgia
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39.2
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Oklahoma
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35.4
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Hawaii
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64.2
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Oregon
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49.4
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Idaho
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43.4
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Pennsylvania
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50.7
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Illinois
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61.2
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Rhode Island
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51.4
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Indiana
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55.6
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South Carolina
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35.2
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Iowa
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40.4
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South Dakota
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42.4
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Kansas
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43.4
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Tennessee
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39.8
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Kentucky
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40.9
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Texas
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38.4
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Louisiana
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38.4
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Utah
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42.9
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Maine
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49.4
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Vermont
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43.4
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Maryland
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41.9
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Virginia
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38.1
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Massachusetts
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41.9
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Washington
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55.9
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Michigan
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56.1
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West Virginia
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50.6
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Minnesota
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45.6
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Wisconsin
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51.3
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Mississippi
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37.2
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Wyoming
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32.4
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Missouri
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35.7
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