IFTA Fuel Tax Rates: How They’ve Changed Over Five Years

The International Fuel Tax Agreement, also known as IFTA, was designed to simplify the collection and proportional distribution of motor fuel use fees among member jurisdictions. 

Motor carriers who travel in more than one jurisdiction are required to register with the IFTA. Fuel taxes are to be paid quarterly, and late payments are subject to fines and penalties.  

How IFTA Fuel Tax Rates Have Changed

Since its creation in 1983, the International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA) has undergone many changes, including fuel tax rate increases and decreases.  Let’s compare the fluctuations in rates over five years.

IFTA Diesel Tax Rates for the five-year period from 2013 to 2018:

State	2013 Diesel Tax Rate	2018 Diesel Tax Rate
AL – Alabama	0.19	0.19
AR – Arkansas	0.225	0.225
AZ – Arizona	0.26	0.26
CA – California	0.453	0.7
CO – Colorado	0.205	0.205
CT – Connecticut	0.549	0.439
DE – Delaware	0.22	0.22
FL – Florida	0.3307	0.3437
GA – Georgia	0.179	0.3
IA – Iowa	0.225	0.325
ID – Idaho	0.25	0.32
IL – Illinois	0.43	0.349
IN – Indiana	0.16	0.48
KS – Kansas	0.26	0.26
KY – Kentucky	0.279	0.216
LA – Louisiana	0.2	0.2
MA – Massachusetts	0.24	0.24
MD – Maryland	0.2775	0.3605
ME – Maine	0.312	0.312
MI – Michigan	0.359	0.434
MN – Minnesota	0.285	0.285
MO – Missouri	0.17	0.17
MS – Mississippi	0.18	0.18
MT – Montana	0.2775	0.2925
NC – North Carolina	0.375	0.351
ND – North Dakota	0.23	0.23
NE – Nebraska	0.263	0.28
NH – New Hampshire	0.18	0.222
NJ – New Jersey	0.175	0.485
NM – New Mexico	0.21	0.21
NV – Nevada	0.27	0.27
NY – New York	0.4085	0.3915
OH – Ohio	0.28	0.28
OK – Oklahoma	0.13	0.19
OR – Oregon	0	0
PA – Pennsylvania	0.381	0.741
RI – Rhode Island	0.32	0.33
SC – South Carolina	0.16	0.2
SD – South Dakota	0.22	0.28
TN – Tennessee	0.17	0.24
TX – Texas	0.2	0.2
UT – Utah	0.245	0.294
VA – Virginia	0.202	0.202
VT – Vermont	0.31	0.31
WA – Washington	0.375	0.494
WI – Wisconsin	0.329	0.329
WV – West Virginia	0.347	0.357
WY – Wyoming	0.24	0.24
Canada
AB – Alberta	0.3366	0.6192
BC – British Columbia	0.7999	0.6675
MB – Manitoba	0.4301	0.4122
NB – New Brunswick	0.718	0.663
NL – Newfoundland	0.617	0.215
NS – Nova Scotia	0.5759	0.4534
ON – Ontario	0.5348	0.421
PE – P. Edward Island	0.7555	0.5947
QC – Quebec	0.718	0.5947
SK – Saskatchewan	0.561	0.4417

*Rates are from 4th-quarter of the year indicated.

*Rates in bold type represent increases.

Changes in Effect for 2019 Rates

When we headed into the third quarter of 2019 (July to September), seven states showed a tax rate increase. This went into effect on July 1, 2019.  Those states are Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Virginia. 

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