GAS!!!.....................Receipts Tax

The Illinois Petroleum Marketers Association has finally gotten into the gross receipts tax debate in a big way.

From Dixon, IL:

"For the everyday person to understand how the proposed tax would affect them, they need look no further than the gas pump. According to the Illinois Petroleum Marketers Association and the Illinois Association of Convenience Stores, Blagojevich's original 0.5 percent GRT would cause the price of gas to go up by over four cents.

According to Bill Fleischli and Dave Sykuta, who represent the IPMA and the IACS, the Gross Receipts Tax will add at least four to 10 cents-a-gallon to the cost of motor fuel in Illinois. The trucking industry, agricultural community and Illinois citizens will pay between $144 million dollars and a quarter of a billion dollars a year in additional taxes on motor fuel."

(Emphasis added)

Raising gasoline taxes by as much as $250 million a year? This is a message that could seriously resonate in rural and suburban Illinois, especially if they manage to break that number down into "average household." Thanks, Illinois Press Association.

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