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Originally Posted by 1-Up trucker
srry to be asking all these questions in separate threads, still a rookie lol.
i have been getting more and more bored lately and was just the other day flipping through my atlas and noticed the fuel tax page.
I saw the chart, but still dont understand it completely.
also, I have been told to buy fuel at each state i drive through, and then I have been told to skip as many states as i possibly can with the fuel I have in the tanks.
can someone explain all of this to me in a manner that makes sense?
Your IRP taxes are paid in part, by your fuel taxes.
In theory, you should buy enough fuel to cover the taxes for the miles you travel in each state. Now......IF you stop in every state you travel thru each day (EXCEPT TEXAS and north/south in California), you are going to be stopping to much....more importantly....if you are using a fuel card like most of us do use...you are going to be needlessly wasting YOUR money (that $2.50 a pop!). What you need to do is keep a record of your fuel purchases by state....and a record of your mileage....by state. Over the course of the year...plan your fuel purchases to pay the taxes for your states most traveled. States like Oregon and Kentucky, where they charge by the mile, you do not need to buy so much fuel in........and remember....if you buy a ton of fuel in Oregon because they do not charge taxes.......You are going to OWE road taxes to those states you don't buy so much fuel in (because of fueling in Oregon) at the end of each quarter (WA, ID, and UT mainly).
addendum;
What mgfg posted.....that is the proper "theory" behind the taxes....but you still need to know the mileage you run in each state. You gotta keep track of everything.