According to The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), those states include California, will be doing this on Saturday, July 1 when they raise their gasoline tax rates.
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California is boosting its gas tax rate by 1.9 cents because of a formula that ties the rate to the price of gas. The state's diesel tax rate will not change on July 1. More significant, however, will be the 12-cent gas tax increase and 20-cent diesel tax increase that will take effect on Nov. 1, 2017 because of legislation enacted this year.
According to the tax-research group, other per-gallon hikes are:
-Montana: 4.5 cents, rising for the first time in 23 years.
-Tennessee: 4 cents, for the first adjustment since 1989.
-West Virginia: 3.5 cents.
-South Carolina: 2 cents, the first of six annual hikes of the same size and the state's first since 1989.
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-Maryland: 0.3 cents for inflation.
According to the tax-research group, two states will lower their gas taxes Saturday:
-Iowa's gas tax drops 0.2 cents per gallon, although the tax on blended ethanol that accounts for most of the market will remain unchanged, according to the group.
-Nebraska's gas tax is dropping 0.3 cents per gallon linked to the price of fuel, but with a 1.5 cent hike looming Jan. 1, 2018.
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that provides timely, in-depth analyses on the effects of federal, state, and local tax policies. ITEP's mission is to ensure the nation has a fair and sustainable tax system that raises enough revenue to fund our common priorities, including education, health care, infrastructure and public safety.