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Ian Williams
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Location: Northern NV
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| Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 1:40 am Post subject: Tax on Alternative Fuels |
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How are taxes on fuels like Propane, Compressed Natural Gas, Biodiesel or Straight Vegetable oil calculated?
This occurred to me the other day at work; the truck that refills our forklift cylinders runs on propane. I also saw a propane dealer picking up a will call who had a setup in his Ford Diesel that ran propane. |
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GMAN
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Location: Tennessee
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| Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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If you go to the Federal website for fuels, you should be able to find out the tax. I believe this website is correct.
www.tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/ftparea/wogirs/xls/psw18vwall.xls |
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Windwalker
Joined: 22 Oct 2005
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Location: Holiday, FL
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| Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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GMAN wrote: If you go to the Federal website for fuels, you should be able to find out the tax. I believe this website is correct.
www.tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/ftparea/wogirs/xls/psw18vwall.xls
I've tried your link a couple of times and could not get it to work. I would not mind checking it out too. |
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yoopr
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| Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know what the Tax on alternative fuels are but I bet there's a Tax Incentive for using it.
Just my guess. |
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Myth_Buster
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
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Location: Dark Side of The Moon
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| Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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Don't know about tax incentives, but propane is to diesel as nitrous is to gas.
http://www.dieselperformanceproducts.com/home.html
A diesel engine with a propane setup is more of a performance set up than anything else.
Be safe. |
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GMAN
Joined: 13 Feb 2005
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Location: Tennessee
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| Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:41 pm Post subject: |
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I can't seem to get it to work, either. I will try to look into it and see if I can find something. I did find a link to the national propane association. From what I gather, most propane is considered as off road use. Most of what I have seen involves tax credits and incentives rather than on road usage. I am sure that if it were to become widespread that the government would find a way to tax it. I think the only tax right now is sales tax.
http://www.npga.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1186 |
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Myth_Buster
Joined: 20 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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GMAN
Quote: From what I gather, most propane is considered as off road use.
http://www.propanecouncil.org/trade/fleet/index.cfm
Quote: There are over 270,000 on-road vehicles in the United States and 8.2 million worldwide that operate on propane (Source: US Department of Energy, World LP Gas Association). A large number of these are used in fleets that include light-to heavy-duty trucks, buses, taxicabs, police cars, and rental and delivery vehicles.
Other web sites:
http://www.npga.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=624
Propane Fleet Tax Credit Info:
http://www.propanecouncil.org/files/Energy_Bill_One_Pager.pdf
http://www.npga.org/i4a/sitemap/?pageid=729&showTitle=1
http://www.tulsacleancities.com/United%20States%20Federal%20AFV%20Tax%20Incentives.pdf
I believe Schwans runs a propane fueled fleet.
http://www.eere.energy.gov/state_energy_program/projects_by_topic.cfm/topic=609
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dpatt
Joined: 13 Sep 2006
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Location: "The Shoals" Alabama
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| Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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Correct on Schwans...
Route trucks (In New Hampshire/Vermont at least) were running propane when I worked for them, and that was about 1990. |
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GMAN
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Location: Tennessee
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| Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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One of these is a link to the department of energy which publishes the weekly price of fuel. It comes out every Monday. If you receive a fuel surcharge you may want to check this out. You can sign up to receive it automatically every week. There may be a link to what you are seeking on one of these sites.
www.EIA_Listserv@eia.doe.gov
Weekly Highway Diesel Prices www.weekdfprice@tonto.eia.doe.gov |
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