I have no idea what that term means and when i search Google it comes up with a bunch of European figures that i don’t understand anyway. So anyone know what it means and why it is different for a diesel or gasoline engine?
Vehicles involved in interstate commerce are expected to remit taxes to the states in which they travel in compensation for wear and tear caused on the roads. Since fuel taxes are charged at point of purchase, this requires the operator of a commercial motor vehicle to complete tax forms which are submitted to the states in which their vehicles travel, showing miles traveling laden, miles traveling unladen, and gallons of fuel purchased. The last position I held requiring this to be done involved forms to New York, New Jersey, PA, and Delaware. The worst part of it was getting the drivers to accurately log things.
Interstate commerce, does that primarily just refer to 18 wheelers and delivery trucks like Utz Potato Chips? If so, does that pretty much make everyone else exempt?
Everyone who buys gas pays highway tax. It’s included in the price at the pump. What danceswithcats was referring to is the paperwork required by interstate truckers to correctly apportion the tax to the states where the trucks are driven, as opposed to where the gas was purchased.