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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66220</law_id><section_number>58.1-2217</section_number><catch_line>Taxes levied; rate</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>46.2-772</reference><reference>58.1-2218</reference><reference>58.1-2219</reference><reference>58.1-2220</reference><reference>58.1-2222</reference><reference>58.1-2223</reference><reference>58.1-2224</reference><reference>58.1-2225</reference><reference>58.1-2234</reference><reference>58.1-2259</reference><reference>58.1-2261</reference><reference>58.1-2263</reference><reference>58.1-2292</reference><reference>58.1-2706</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Taxes Administered by Other Agencies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="22">Virginia Fuels Tax Act</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Motor Fuel Tax; Liability</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2020, cc. 1230 and 1275) There is hereby levied an excise tax on <span class="dictionary">gasoline</span> and <span class="dictionary">gasohol</span> as follows: <a id="paragraph-240520" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2217/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> On and after July 1, 2020, but before July 1, 2021, the rate shall be 21.2 cents per gallon; <a id="paragraph-240521" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2217/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> On and after July 1, 2021, but before July 1, 2022, the rate shall be 26.2 cents per gallon; and <a id="paragraph-240522" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2217/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> On and after July 1, 2022, the rate shall be adjusted annually based on the greater of (i) the change in the United States Average Consumer Price Index for all items, all urban consumers (CPI-U), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the U.S. <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Labor for the previous year or (ii) zero. <a id="paragraph-240523" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2217/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2020, cc. 1230 and 1275) There is hereby levied an excise tax on <span class="dictionary">gasoline</span> and <span class="dictionary">gasohol</span> at a rate of 16.2 cents per gallon. <a id="paragraph-240524" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2217/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> (For contingent expiration date, see Acts 2020, cc. 1230 and 1275) There is hereby levied an excise tax on <span class="dictionary">diesel fuel</span> as follows: <a id="paragraph-240525" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2217/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> On and after July 1, 2020, but before July 1, 2021, the rate shall be 20.2 cents per gallon; <a id="paragraph-240526" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2217/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> On and after July 1, 2021, but before July 1, 2022, the rate shall be 27 cents per gallon; and <a id="paragraph-240527" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2217/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> On and after July 1, 2022, the rate shall be adjusted annually based on the greater of (i) the change in the United States Average Consumer Price Index for all items, all urban consumers (CPI-U), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the U.S. <span class="dictionary">Department</span> of Labor for the previous year or (ii) zero. <a id="paragraph-240528" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2217/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> (For contingent effective date, see Acts 2020, cc. 1230 and 1275) There is hereby levied an excise tax on <span class="dictionary">diesel fuel</span> at a rate of 20.2 cents per gallon. <a id="paragraph-240529" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2217/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> <span class="dictionary">Blended fuel</span> that contains <span class="dictionary">gasoline</span> shall be taxed at the rate levied on <span class="dictionary">gasoline</span>. <span class="dictionary">Blended fuel</span> that contains <span class="dictionary">diesel fuel</span> shall be taxed at the rate levied on <span class="dictionary">diesel fuel</span>. <a id="paragraph-240530" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2217/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> There is hereby levied a tax at the rate of five cents per gallon on <span class="dictionary">aviation gasoline</span>. Any <span class="dictionary">person</span>, whether or not licensed under this chapter, who <span class="dictionary">uses</span>, acquires for <span class="dictionary">use</span>, sells or delivers for <span class="dictionary">use</span> in <span class="dictionary">highway vehicles</span> any <span class="dictionary">aviation gasoline</span> shall be liable for the tax at the rate levied on gasoline and <span class="dictionary">gasohol</span>, along with any penalties and interest that may accrue. <a id="paragraph-240531" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2217/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> There is hereby levied a tax at the rate of five cents per gallon on <span class="dictionary">aviation jet fuel</span> purchased or acquired for <span class="dictionary">use</span> by a user of <span class="dictionary">aviation fuel</span> other than an <span class="dictionary">aviation consumer</span>. There is hereby levied a tax at the rate of five cents per gallon upon the first 100,000 gallons of <span class="dictionary">aviation jet fuel</span>, excluding <span class="dictionary">bonded <span class="dictionary">aviation jet fuel</span></span>, purchased or acquired for <span class="dictionary">use</span> by any <span class="dictionary">aviation consumer</span> in any fiscal year. There is hereby levied a tax at the rate of one-half cent per gallon on all <span class="dictionary">aviation jet fuel</span>, excluding <span class="dictionary">bonded <span class="dictionary">aviation jet fuel</span></span>, purchased or acquired for <span class="dictionary">use</span> by an <span class="dictionary">aviation consumer</span> in excess of 100,000 gallons in any fiscal year. Any <span class="dictionary">person</span>, whether or not licensed under this chapter, who <span class="dictionary">uses</span>, acquires for <span class="dictionary">use</span>, sells or delivers for <span class="dictionary">use</span> in <span class="dictionary">highway vehicles</span> any <span class="dictionary">aviation jet fuel</span> taxable under this chapter shall be liable for the tax imposed at the rate levied on <span class="dictionary">diesel fuel</span>, along with any penalties and interest that may accrue. <a id="paragraph-240532" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2217/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="F"><p><span class="prefix-number">F.</span> In accordance with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Levy of fee for Fund maintenance" href="/62.1-44.34_13/">62.1-44.34:13</a>, a storage tank fee is imposed on each gallon of gasoline, <span class="dictionary">aviation gasoline</span>, diesel fuel (including <span class="dictionary">dyed diesel fuel</span>), <span class="dictionary">blended fuel</span>, and <span class="dictionary">heating oil</span> sold and delivered or used in the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-240533" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-2217/#F"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2000, cc. 729, 758; 2007, c. 896; 2013, c. 766; 2019, c. 854; 2020, cc. 1230, 1275.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
