DeSantis Declares Gas Tax Holiday, How About It Governor Ducey?

Arizonans are hoping Governor Doug Ducey might follow the lead of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who declared a tax holiday for residents to ease the pain created by the Biden administration’s out-of-control inflation.

“To help alleviate the burden of inflation on Florida families, I am proposing a $1 billion gas tax holiday to help reduce prices at the pump. If Washington, D.C., won’t change course, then we have a responsibility to step up on behalf of Floridians,” tweeted DeSantis.

To help alleviate the burden of inflation on Florida families, I am proposing a $1 billion gas tax holiday to help reduce prices at the pump.

If Washington, D.C., won’t change course, then we have a responsibility to step up on behalf of Floridians. pic.twitter.com/F0S6QBLGHB

— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) January 11, 2022

According to the Arizona Department of Transportation:

Arizona’s tax on gasoline (motor vehicle fuel) is 18¢ per gallon. Use fuel (diesel) is taxed at two rates in Arizona. If the use fuel is used in the propulsion of a use class motor vehicle on a highway in this state, the tax rate is 26¢ for each gallon.”

The state of Arizona taxes motor fuels and collects a variety of fees and charges relating to the registration and operation of motor vehicles on the public highways of the state. These collections include gasoline and use-fuel taxes, motor-carrier taxes, vehicle-license taxes, motor vehicle registration fees and other miscellaneous fees. These revenues are deposited in the Arizona Highway User Revenue Fund (HURF) and are then distributed to the cities, towns and counties and to the State Highway Fund.

In 2020, HURF revenue fell as a result of the Ducey administration’s lockdown.