Comparison of gas taxes by state

[mnhtnbb]

My brother and sister in law are moving from the Philly area to San Francisco
as he's left a big pharma job for one with a biotech (cancer research).

After seeing the discussion about gas prices yesterday and the variation
around the country

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x886372

I e-mailed my sister-in-law a link for a terrific site that provides
a way to find the least expensive prices in your area.

http://www.northcarolinagasprices.com/Price_By_County.aspx?state=NC&c=usa

Good Republican that she is, responded by asking if the difference in gas
prices was all taxes. I went searching for that answer, and found this
interesting report prepared by the State of Washington comparing
gas taxes by State (2006)

http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/accountability/fueltax/GasTaxComparisonReport.pdf

These two tables from p.7 indicate that the difference in taxes is NOT
the whole story in the variation in prices.

Table B 3: States Rank-Ordered all State and Local
GASOLINE TAXES

1 New York 41.70¢
2 Hawaii 40.52¢
3 California 40.10¢
4 Illinois 37.40¢
5 Washington 34.00¢
6 Wisconsin * 32.90¢
7 Nevada 32.51¢
8 Pennsylvania 32.30¢
9 Florida * 31.91¢
10 Indiana 31.40¢
11 Rhode Island 31.00¢
12 Michigan 30.80¢
13 North Carolina * 30.15¢
14 Maine 28.30¢
15 Nebraska * 28.00¢
16 Ohio 28.00¢
17 Montana 27.75¢
18 West Virginia 27.00¢
19 Connecticut * 25.00¢
20 Idaho 25.00¢
21 Kansas 25.00¢
22 Oregon 24.90¢
23 Utah 24.50¢
24 South Dakota 24.00¢
25 Maryland 23.50¢
26 Massachusetts 23.50¢
27 Delaware 23.00¢
28 North Dakota 23.00¢
29 Colorado 22.00¢
30 Iowa 22.00¢
31 Minnesota 22.00¢
32 Arkansas 21.80¢
33 Mississippi 21.40¢
34 Tennessee 21.40¢
35 Georgia 21.30¢
36 Alabama 20.30¢
37 Dist. of Columbia 20.00¢
38 Louisiana 20.00¢
39 Texas 20.00¢
40 Vermont 20.00¢
41 New Hampshire 19.60¢
42 Virginia 19.20¢
43 Arizona 19.00¢
44 Kentucky * 18.30¢
45 New Mexico 18.00¢
46 Missouri 17.55¢
47 Oklahoma 17.00¢
48 South Carolina 16.75¢
49 New Jersey 14.50¢
50 Wyoming 14.00¢
51 Alaska 8.00¢


Tax Rate
B4: All State Federal
and Local Taxes*

State
1 New York 60.10¢
2 Hawaii 58.92¢
3 California 58.50¢
4 Illinois 55.80¢
5 Washington 52.40¢
6 Wisconsin 51.30¢
7 Nevada 50.91¢
8 Pennsylvania 50.70¢
9 Florida 50.31¢
10 Indiana 49.80¢
11 Rhode Island 49.40¢
12 Michigan 49.20¢
13 North Carolina 48.55¢
14 Maine 46.70¢
15 Nebraska 46.40¢
16 Ohio 46.40¢
17 Montana 46.15¢
18 West Virginia 45.40¢
19 Connecticut 43.40¢
20 Idaho 43.40¢
21 Kansas 43.40¢
22 Oregon 43.30¢
23 Utah 42.90¢
24 South Dakota 42.40¢
25 Maryland 41.90¢
26 Massachusetts 41.90¢
27 Delaware 41.40¢
28 North Dakota 41.40¢
29 Colorado 40.40¢
30 Iowa 40.40¢
31 Minnesota 40.40¢
32 Arkansas 40.20¢
33 Mississippi 39.80¢
34 Tennessee 39.80¢
35 Georgia 39.70¢
36 Alabama 38.70¢
37 Dist. of Columbia 38.40¢
38 Louisiana 38.40¢
39 Texas 38.40¢
40 Vermont 38.40¢
41 New Hampshire 38.00¢
42 Virginia 37.60¢
43 Arizona 37.40¢
44 Kentucky 36.70¢
45 New Mexico 36.40¢
46 Missouri 35.95¢
47 Oklahoma 35.40¢
48 South Carolina 35.15¢
49 New Jersey 32.90¢
50 Wyoming 32.40¢
51 Alaska 26.40¢

[RedEarth]

1. Interesting information.......... thanks

[mnhtnbb]

2. I thought the prices by county map of the country was interesting

http://www.northcarolinagasprices.com/Price_By_County.aspx?state=NC&c=usa

You really do start scratching your head as to the price differences.
I'm sure supply (pipe lines, refineries) and demand (average distances drived, availability of mass transit) play a role, as well as tax differences,
but there has to be something else going on.

There was an interesting article in our local paper today about
how prices are set by The Pantry

http://www.newsobserver.com/715/story/574250.html

This part really stood out:

A former teacher, Sizemore has been on the job for three months and said he's adjusting to the pace.

"It takes a little while for new people because they're scared to drop it even by a penny," Holmes said. Then again, he said, reaching for a nearby calculator, "A penny times 5,000 gallons a day is $50. Times 365 days and 1,600 stations, it's $29.2 million."

[damntexdem]

3. Well, stick Texas down at the bottom for the summer months.

The idiots down in Austin are planning to not collect the 20-cents gas tax in the summer, to make up for gasolene price increases. Meanwhile, while giving up many millions of dollars that should go to mass transit as well as to maintaining and building roads, Governor Good-Hair is selling off Texas roads to private (and non-US) concerns as turnpikes.

[RL3AO]

4. The Minnesota state senate recently passed a 5 cent hike, but Pawlenty will veto.

[SmokingJacket]

5. I knew we were number one, here in NY.

I love NY, I really do, but the taxes!

Our schools are not bad, but our roads and bridges are SHIT.

[WePurrsevere]

12. Yeah, we're also the state with the 2nd highest elec rates in the country; 17.2 cents per kWh.

Spitzer has said he's going to do something about the taxes (of all types) and the electrical rates which is great if he can (and that Repub pompous jerk, Bruno doesn't get his way x()... but I really hope he does it soon, there are so many who love NY but are really hurting... I know we sure are. :(

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

6. Wow. GO NEW JERSEY AT #49!...

Course, they make up for it with their tyrannical cigarette taxes, so guess they can still go fuck themselves.

[mnhtnbb]

7. That was a big surprise to me.

[mnhtnbb]

8. I know this isn't nearly as fun as dancing on Falwell's grave, but could we get some K & R's?

[elocs]

9. I used to work for a Republican who had no trouble paying high gas tax here in WI.

His reasoning was that it was money that stayed here in Wisconsin. So he would buy gas here rather than going over the state line and paying less in Minnesota. I thought it was odd that a Republican would choose to pay a higher tax.

[Blue_In_AK]

10. Woo-hoo! Alaska rocks!

Even with this, people around here bitch about their property taxex. :rofl:

[mnhtnbb]

11. Kick for the west coast