[Ian Williams]

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.

[GMAN]

If you go to the Federal website for fuels, you should be able to find out the tax. I believe this website is correct.

http://www.tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/ftp...psw18vwall.xls

[Windwalker]

Originally Posted by GMAN

If you go to the Federal website for fuels, you should be able to find out the tax. I believe this website is correct.

http://www.tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/ftp...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.

[yoopr]

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.

[Myth_Buster]

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.

[GMAN]

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

[Myth_Buster]

GMAN

From what I gather, most propane is considered as off road use.

http://www.propanecouncil.org/trade/fleet/index.cfm

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/..._One_Pager.pdf

http://www.npga.org/i4a/sitemap/?pageid=729&showTitle=1

http://www.tulsacleancities.com/Unit...Incentives.pdf

I believe Schwans runs a propane fueled fleet.

http://www.eere.energy.gov/state_ene....cfm/topic=609

Be safe.

[dpatt]

Correct on Schwans...

Route trucks (In New Hampshire/Vermont at least) were running propane when I worked for them, and that was about 1990.

[GMAN]

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.



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