Pennsylvania’s wholesale tax on motor fuel has not changed since 2006 — artificially capped at 19 cents per gallon for gasoline and 26 cents for diesel. But that changed New Year’s Day with the start of a gradual lifting of the cap by nearly 30 cents over four years, reports The Morning Call.
As the cap is lifted, the wholesale price is projected to jump by 9.5 cents for gasoline in 2014, writes Dan Hartzell of The Morning Call. It will rise an additional 9.5 cents in 2015 and, after skipping a year, an additional 9.5 cents in 2017 — for an estimated cumulative total of 28.5 cents per gallon.
