The gas tax will be suspended through June 30, 2022, but station owners, who already paid the tax for existing inventory when it was delivered, are upset that they will face losses due to the requirement to lower their prices on April 1.
By Hugh McQuaid, CTNewsJunkie.com
As a recently-passed gas tax holiday went into effect Friday, Gov. Ned Lamont pressed Connecticut gas stations to immediately pass the resulting savings on to consumers despite warnings from fuel sellers that the discounts may be delayed.
Lamont marked the first day of a three-month suspension of the state’s 25 cent-per-gallon excise tax on gasoline with a ceremonial bill-signing event across the street from a gas station in Hartford.
“Connecticut families are getting slammed by inflation, especially at the pump and while 47 other states are still studying what to do about it, as of right now working on a bipartisan basis, a 25 cent cut in your taxes,” Lamont said. “That will make a difference.”
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