are a group of fish that are ornamental varieties of domesticated common carp (Cyprinus carpio) that are kept for decorative purposes in outdoor koi ponds or water gardens. Koi varieties are distinguished by coloration, patterning, and scalation....
Gasoline Excise Taxes, 1933-2000 Brian Francis is an economist with the Special Studies Statistical Data Section. This article was prepared under the direction of Beth Kilss, Chief. T he Federal excise tax on gasoline is currently 18.4 cents per gallon. This excise tax gener-ates over $20 billion per year in tax revenue. Revenues are currently 170 times the amount gener-ated in 1933, the first year of the Federal gasoline excise tax. Receipts from this tax are the major source of revenue for the Highway Account and the
Pennsylvania has the highest gas tax burden, at 59.3 cents a gallon, meaning that by mid-2019 California will be just one cent behind the top spot, barring changes by other states. But the taxes donât end there. The federal tax stands at 18.4 cents a gallon. When that is added, California motorists are paying 76.7 cents per gallon in state and federal taxes every time they go to the gas station. âYou start peeling back that onion, thereâs a lot of layers in there and itâs a lot of money,â said David Hackett, president of Stillwater Associates, a transportation energy consulting company in Irvine.