It has been reported by the media about the amount of federal, and state, tax professional drivers pay at the pump...but they neglect to report on the actual charge professional drivers pay.
The first quarter of 2008 IFTA fule tax rate of 38.1 cents a gallon was the charge for Pennsylvania professional drivers. This is just ridiculous. Here's an example based on just 50,000 miles (and a lot of intrastate drivers will put that type of number down)...
50,000 miles divided by the number of miles per gallon
(this number is determined by the government agency in charge of collecting this tax)
For the purpose of this example, we'll use 5 miles per gallon.
50,000 miles divided by 5 mpg = 10,000 gallons
10,000 gallons times .381 = $3,810.00 owed
10,000 gallons times .14 (collected at the pump) = $1,400.00 payed
$3,810.00 minus $1,400.00 = $2,410.00 owed
The media has refused, in my opinion, to report accurate information regarding the issue at hand. The impression I got from the reports I read made it sound like the tax rate professional drivers pay are smaller than we're stating. Where's the fact that state taxes collected are not applied to IFTA fuel tax payments made at the pump and that the professional driver pays even more than what's collected at the pump. This, and many other inaccurate reporting, is supporting my belief that our media attempts to control what the American citizen is made aware of. A fine example of this is the fact that there is still shut-downs occurring, yet the news of these actions are dwindling in the news. It's time for ALL Amercans to contact their state representatives and speak out.
Go to our page www.theamericandriver.com/files/TruckersAndCitizensUnited.html and select the link "Contact Elected Officials" for a website that lists your representatives contact information.
Safe Trails and God Bless,
Frederick (SilverSurfer) Schaffner
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