Connecticut Diesel Tax to Rise by 9 Cents on July 1
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Gas and diesel fuel prices on June 15, 2022. Photo credit: Christine Stuart
According to AAA, the average price of diesel fuel in Connecticut on Wednesday was $6.17 per gallon.
By Hugh McQuaid and Christine Stuart, CTNewsJunkie.com
Connecticut’s tax on diesel fuel will increase by 9 cents on July 1, the state revenue services commissioner told lawmakers in a letter on Wednesday, the statutory deadline for the agency to announce the impact of an annual adjustment.
The change, determined since 2007 by a formula based on the wholesale cost of diesel, will bring the diesel tax to 49.2 cents a gallon. The change represents a 23% increase over the current tax. Barring legislative action, it will remain at that rate until it is adjusted again on July 1, 2023.
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