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The first federal gasoline tax in the United States was created on June 6, 1932, with the enactment of the Revenue Act of 1932, which taxed 1¢/gal (0.3¢/L). Since 1993, the US federal gasoline tax has been unchanged (and not adjusted for inflation of nearly 113 percent through 2023) at 18.4¢/gal (4.86¢/L).
Later that year, then-Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill, which raised California’s gas tax for the first time in 23 years. It went up 12 cents per gallon, a 40% increase.
Further transfers of $7 billion and an additional $19.5 billion were made in 2009 and 2010, respectively. [6] Since 2000, there have been at least half a dozen attempts by individual members of Congress to suspend the federal gas tax, without which (and without a replacement) would have halted efforts to repair and expand the Federal highway ...
The recent gas tax increase — which was approved by voters in 2018 and pays for transportation projects such as road and bridge repairs — means Californians pay another 28 cents more than ...
The United States federal excise tax on gasoline is 18.4 cents per US gallon (4.9 ¢/L) and 24.4 cents per US gallon (6.4 ¢/L) for diesel fuel. On average, as of July 2016, state and local taxes add 29.78 cents to gasoline and 29.81 cents to diesel for a total US average fuel tax of 48.18 cents per US gallon (12.73 ¢/L) for gas and 54.21 ...
Gasoline prices are displayed at a Chevron gas station downtown Los Angeles Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. Gas prices are up nearly 40% from a year ago and more than 6% over the past month, according to AAA.
Gas tax increases went into effect in a number of states on Wednesday, including California where the per-gallon rate rose to 50.5 cents.
The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (Senate Bill 1), also known as the "Gas Tax", is a legislative bill in the U.S. state of California that was passed on April 6, 2017 with the aim of repairing roads, improving traffic safety, and expanding public transit systems across the state.