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March 23, 2026

Georgia suspends fuel tax, but other states may not follow

  • States aren't as flush with cash as they were immediately following the pandemic, when federal aid and tax revenues both surged.
    • By JEFF AMY
    Associated Press

    ATLANTA — Georgia on Friday become the first state in the U.S. to suspend fuel taxes after the war in the Middle East sent pump prices soaring.

    Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law a 60-day suspension of the state's 33-cents-per-gallon tax on gas and 37-cents-per-gallon tax on diesel. Motorists are likely to start getting relief in the coming days as the price cuts trickle through from wholesalers to gas stations.


     
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