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TAX RATES ON MOTOR FUEL - DECEMBER 1, 2002 1/

Created: DECEMBER 2003TABLE MF-121T
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December 2002 Reporting Period
SALES TAX
STATE PERCENT REMARKS
Alabama 4Applies to fuel not taxable under volume tax laws.
Arizona 5Applies to fuel not taxed under the motor-fuel or fuel-use taxes. Liquified petroleum gas sold, used, or stored in State is exempt.
Arkansas 4.5Special fuel for municipal buses and gasoline are exempt.
California 6Applies to sales price including Federal and State motor-fuel taxes.
Colorado 3Applies to fuel taxable under volume tax laws.
Connecticut 5A Petroleum Products Gross Earnings tax is applied to many petroleum products, in addition to the per gallon taxes shown on Sheet 1.
District of Columbia 5.8Applies to fuel not taxable under volume tax laws.
Georgia 4A 3-percent second motor fuel tax and a 1-cent sales tax apply to the sales price including Federal motor-fuel tax.
Hawaii 4Applies to the sales price excluding Federal and State motor fuel taxes. Alcohol fuels are exempt.
Idaho 5Fuels subject to the motor fuel volume tax are exempt.
Indiana 5Applies to the sales price excluding Federal and State motor fuel taxes.
Iowa 5Applies to fuel not taxable under fuel tax laws, including those fuels taxable, then subject to refund.
Kansas 4.9Applies to fuels not taxable under the volume tax laws.
Kentucky 6Applies to sales price, exclusive of Federal tax, of fuels not taxable under the volume tax laws.
Louisiana 4Fuels subject to volume tax are exempt. Gasohol is exempt if the alcohol is produced in the State.
Maine 6Applies to motor fuel not taxed at the maximum rate for highway use under the volume tax laws.
Maryland 5Applies to fuels not taxable under motor fuel tax laws, unless exempt from the sales and use tax by statute.
Massachusetts 5Applies to fuels not taxable under the volume tax laws.
Michigan 6Applies to sales price including Federal volume tax, except when used in a passenger vehicle with capacity of 10 or more, for-hire, over regularly scheduled routes in the State.
Minnesota 6Applies to fuels not taxable under the volume tax laws.
Nebraska 5Gasoline is exempt. Diesel and alternative fuels subject to the volume tax are exempt.
New Mexico 5Applies to fuels not taxable under the volume tax laws. Ethanol blends deductible under the gasoline tax laws are exempt.
New York 4Applies to sales price including Federal motor-fuel tax.
North Dakota 5Applies to fuels not taxable under the volume tax laws.
Ohio 5Applies to fuels not taxable under the volume tax laws.
Oklahoma 4.5Applies to fuels not taxable under the volume tax laws.  
Pennsylvania 6Applies to fuels not taxable under the volume tax laws.
South Carolina 5Applies to sales price of aviation gasoline only.
South Dakota 4Applies to fuels not taxable under the volume tax laws.
Tennessee 6Gasoline on which the volume tax has been paid and not refunded, and motor fuel subject to the fuel-use tax are exempt.
Texas 6.3Applies to fuels not taxed or exempted under other laws.
Utah 4.9Applies to fuels not taxable under the volume tax laws.
Washington 6.5Applies to fuels not taxable under the volume tax laws. Certain providers of public transportation of handicapped persons are exempt.
Wisconsin 5Applies to fuels not taxable under the volume tax laws.
Wyoming 4Applies to sales price of LPG. Gasoline and diesel subject to volume tax are exempt.

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