California is getting even more expensive
On 11/1/2017 The gasoline tax will increase by 12 cents, from 18 cents to 30 cents per gallon The excise tax on diesel fuel will rise 20 cents, to 36 cents per gallon. And the diesel sales ta...
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afidel wrote:azdryheat wrote:
Everyone can thank the voters of Cali for putting the politicians in place to raise the tax rate to an astounding level. I guess that's what the people of Cali want - high gas prices. And this is precisely why I have a 91 gallon tank in my truck's bed so that I never have to buy fuel in Cali.
Astounding level? Their total tax burden is 4.4% of GSP, below the national average of 4.6%. If you want to see high taxes look at the sparsely populated states. With lots of infrastructure and few taxpayers Alaska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming, are at 2-3x the national average.
I guess it is all in where you pull the statistics. According to USA Today; California is number 10 for highest tax burden (9.52%) and New York is number 1 at 12.94%. Alaska comes in at 6.27% which is number 49 with Wyoming at number 42 at 7.29%.
USA Today Tax burden article
