Gas Tax, Higher Tolls Could Fund State Transportation
Virginia's gas tax is a flat rate tax, but leaders are beginning to explore other options.
Next year’s holiday road trips may be a little more expensive as Virginia officials grapple with how to adequately fund Virginia’s growing transportation infrastructure needs. Gov. Bob McDonnell said earlier this month that raising Virginia’s gas tax, tying it to inflation or otherwise adjusting it is not off the table. “I’m looking at a range of things,” McDonnell told reporters in Richmond. “I can tell you that every other major tax in Virginia—the sales tax, the corporate income tax, and the [personal] income tax—all fluctuate with economic activity because they’re a percentage. ... We’re looking at whether or not ... it should fluctuate with economic activity, like every other tax in Virginia.” Right now, Virginia’s state gas tax is …
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joe brewer
7:25 am on Sunday, December 2, 2012
Put a gas fee on a gallon of gas so the money does not go to the MWAA in 2018/2019 like Ken Reids proposal. Toll the out of state vehicles $2.00 a day. Add a .02 cent per mile charge from odometer reading to the vehicle registration, 10,000 miles equal $200.00. more ›