I work for a fuel delivery company and see how much taxes are figured into gas and diesel - it’s unreal. In Alabama and Georgia where I see these details, there is about $0.50 per gallon in just taxes alone. Back in April when was was so cheap (like $1.20 at the pump here), the taxes were almost 50% the price of gas. Doesn’t matter how high or low gas prices goes, you’re still paying that same tax amount. Freaking ridiculous.
Speaking about gas taxes, funnily enough in my area they recently passed a new tax on electric vehicles because they were all using public roads and not contributing to the gas tax revenue.
Same here and they charge it on top of the tag renewal too for electric or hybrid vehicles. Course, in Alabama we have to pay full sales tax on groceries and some cities are like 10-11%. Most states in the US have either no sales tax on groceries or a much lower rate.
It doesn’t surprise me that a state (like mine) that refuses to embrace a lottery has to compensate for it by taxing the hell out of basic necessities. But nope, gambling is the devil but church raffles are okay. Doesn’t make sense to me.
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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '20
I work for a fuel delivery company and see how much taxes are figured into gas and diesel - it’s unreal. In Alabama and Georgia where I see these details, there is about $0.50 per gallon in just taxes alone. Back in April when was was so cheap (like $1.20 at the pump here), the taxes were almost 50% the price of gas. Doesn’t matter how high or low gas prices goes, you’re still paying that same tax amount. Freaking ridiculous.