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lynjacob Rookie Author Orlando Posts:5 Points:1,050 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Jan 16, 2010 1:49:27 PM Ignore lynjacob Report Abuse Florida State Sales Tax of 6 cents applies to gasoline. When gasoline is at $2.50 the FL sales tax is 15 cent per gallon. Florida Gas Tax of 14.5 cents (10.5-cpg sales tax plus 4-cpg (CPG = Cost Per Gallon) excise tax). Gasoline tax rate increased .2-cpg on 1/1/05. Tax rate changes annually based on CPI. Additional tax per gallon =2.2-cpg tax/fee for environmental inspection purposes (5 cents per barrel tax for the Water Quality Assurance Trust Fund, 80 cents per barrel for the Inland Protection Trust Fund, 2 cents per barrel for the Coastal Protection Trust Fund and 1/8 cents per gallon for weights and measures inspection fee). And an additional minimum 9.9 to 17.8 cent per gallon local option tax portion with the weighted average of 14.6 cents per gallon. This varies by county and city. Therefore, depending on where you live in Florida, all the total of gasoline taxes can vary from an average of 42 cents per gallon to 52.9 cents per gallon.

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Florida State Sales Tax of 6 cents applies to gasoline. When gasoline is at $2.50 the FL sales tax is 15 cent per gallon.

Florida Gas Tax of 14.5 cents (10.5-cpg sales tax plus 4-cpg (CPG = Cost Per Gallon) excise tax). Gasoline tax rate increased .2-cpg on 1/1/05. Tax rate changes annually based on CPI.

Additional tax per gallon =2.2-cpg tax/fee for environmental inspection purposes (5 cents per barrel tax for the Water Quality Assurance Trust Fund, 80 cents per barrel for the Inland Protection Trust Fund, 2 cents per barrel for the Coastal Protection Trust Fund and 1/8 cents per gallon for weights and measures inspection fee).

And an additional minimum 9.9 to 17.8 cent per gallon local option tax portion with the weighted average of 14.6 cents per gallon. This varies by county and city.

Therefore, depending on where you live in Florida, all the total of gasoline taxes can vary from an average of 42 cents per gallon to 52.9 cents per gallon.

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Tanner_1 Champion Author Virginia Beach Posts:1,541 Points:459,390 Joined:Nov 2011	Message Posted: Feb 5, 2012 5:05:07 PM Ignore Tanner_1 Report Abuse I usually buy in GA before I go into Fl because of the higher prices in FL.
SuperMoto Champion Author Connecticut Posts:1,011 Points:1,581,140 Joined:Sep 2007	Message Posted: Jan 14, 2012 2:58:25 PM Ignore SuperMoto Report Abuse Connecticut is similar but more than that. That's why CT is called "The tax you to death state".
mrpolk6 All-Star Author Virginia Posts:587 Points:231,035 Joined:Sep 2011	Message Posted: Jan 14, 2012 12:58:01 PM Ignore mrpolk6 Report Abuse Good analysis of the FLA gas tax. On any given day and as a FL native, I'd rather be paying that than all the city, county, and state taxes that Virginia robs from me every year.
bja0030 Champion Author New Mexico Posts:3,194 Points:535,930 Joined:Jan 2010	Message Posted: Apr 23, 2010 12:23:08 AM Ignore bja0030 Report Abuse ours is one price if it was $1.00 a gal or $5.00 a gal
TAT36 Champion Author Florida Posts:6,814 Points:1,305,950 Joined:Sep 2009	Message Posted: Jan 19, 2010 6:25:00 PM Ignore TAT36 Report Abuse If you are close to a county line in FL check to see what the local option is for tax. A couple of miles could save you as much as $.15 per gallon, worth looking for.