Jan and Sara took a brief hiatus from Form and Foliage in the first half of 2014 as Jan took photography classes and Sara became the website editor for the American Conifer Society. We hope to be back on a more regular schedule in the second half of the year.
In at least nine states (Ala., Ark., Colo., Fla., Mo., Okla., Texas, Utah and Wash.), operators of motor vehicles powered by certain alternative fuels are required to pay an annual flat rate fee instead of a sales or excise tax on the fuel, for example by purchasing an annual permit or decal.
State and Local Gasoline Taxes State and local motor fuel excise taxes generated $7.5 billion in the 3rd quarter of FY 2000. This amount exceeded taxes and fees raised from to-bacco, alcohol, and driverâs licenses [6]. State gasoline excise tax rates are listed in Table 2 [7]. Their gasoline excise tax rates (in 2000) ranged from