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August Fuel
Taxes Up
Automotive fuels tax collections for August were $24,553,298, up 7.5 per cent over July figures, but down 4.2 per cent from August 1978 totals, according to Vern L. Hill, commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles.
Taxes were collected on 272,687,268 gallons of automotive fuels for August, an increase of 18,975,740 gallons over July, but a decrease of 12,028,398 gallons or 4.4 per cent, compared to August 1978.
Automotive fuels tax collections for the first eight months of 1979 totalled $182,526,009, down 2 per cent from the same time period last year.
Collections do not reflect gasoline consumption at the pump since the nine cents per gallon tax is paid to the Commonwealth at the wholesale level. These funds are deposited in the state’s Highway Maintenance and Construction Fund.
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