Utah's controversial gas tax bill is unveiled after spat with Idaho

Utah backs away from gas tax showdown with Idaho

Utah lawmakers backed away from a showdown with Idaho over a plan to start taxing gasoline exports. The new plan is to cut Utah's gas tax.

Utah and Idaho’s dispute over gas tax may fizzle with new bill to lower fuel prices

Marathon Petroleum Company’s Salt Lake City Refinery in Salt Lake City is pictured on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)The interstate dispute over a potential restructure of Utah’s gas tax may be close to an end now that the Utah Legislature has rerouted its plans. However, legislative leaders still hope Utahns will see fuel taxes decreasing by about 10% to 15% at the pump. It was initially drafted to remov…

Utah's controversial gas tax bill is unveiled after spat with Idaho

A closely-watched bill that triggered a spat with Idaho's legislature has finally been made public in the Utah State Legislature.House Bill 575, sponsored by Rep. Cal Roberts, R-Draper, now imposes a 15% drop in the gas tax that consumers pay at the pump. But the bill no longer does what Idaho lawmakers feared when they ran a resolution critical of their counterparts in Utah.A tax on refineries that was opposed by the petroleum industry and Idah…