Got a question about fuel taxes

The IFTA tax you're going to pay is the IFTA tax you're going to pay. Think of it this way... the tax paid at the pump goes essentially into an escrow account for you. If you don't pay enough at the pump, you're going to have to write a check. If you pay too much, IFTA owes you money back. So it really doesn't matter whose tax you pay. What does matter is the price of the fuel... competition tends to keep the pump price at a given average level - give or take. So we can take advantage of that. Get the price at the pump for your in-route stops, and subtract the fuel tax and any discounts you get. What is left is the base price of the fuel... buy the cheapest base price.

 

Carrier I'm leased to now pays the fuel tax and doesn't charge it back to me. Before then I would always fuel where it was cheaper, never paid in more than $55 per quarter. A friend of mine would always stop and put some in here, then stop and put some in there, and usually only paid aroung $10-20 per quarter. I told him he spends twice the difference just screwing around buying fuel here and there, he would always say well atleast I ain't paying anymore than I have to. Whatever........

 

http://www.truckmiles.com/FuelPrices.asp


If the above link doesn't work for you.
http://www.truckmiles.com/TaxRates.asp

 

What ironpony stated.

No matter what, at the end of the day, you owe the state you drove through their share of the fuel tax. Regardless of where you bought the fuel from.


I buy a lot of fuel in New Jersey when going in and out of the northeast to Pennsylvania because the base IFTA price is usually so much cheaper (with my discounts) than PA, OH, CT, NY, or MA. At the end of the quarter, I wind up owing some money. No big deal, because I saved it at the pump. I could've bought all my fuel in CT, over paid the base price, and then gotten a small check back. But, my cost per mile would've went up drastically because of it, factoring fuel and fuel tax.

 

The other thing we need to remember is that the price of fuel is quite volatile. What used to be the cheapest fuel stop last week, might well be rather expensive this week. Don't get complacent... if it's coming out of your pocket check the prices before you buy!

 

dont forget KY has their own fuel tax agenda which is more.

 

Definitely compare the prices between states. If you have to buy fuel in one particular state - say because the big ol' "E" is staring at you then generally (unless you have some sort of discount at a particular chain) the lowest pump price works if you don't have time to get online to see.

Don't worry about the per-mile surcharges. This is something you're going to pay for the privilege of using the roads. It's better just to think about routes that may avoid these places, but only if it's not going to stack more miles onto your trip to go around.