gas tax holiday

Experts say this would be the first time in the nation’s history that the federal government would suspend the gas tax and they warn drivers not get their hopes up too high when they pay at the pump.

For drivers across Connecticut, gas prices are at record-high levels and a proposed federal gas tax holiday could bring those numbers down slightly.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and his fellow Democrats in the General Assembly announced Wednesday they have reached a broad agreement on a revised one-year state budget proposal that includes nearly $500 million in tax reductions, including the continuation of the 25-cent-per-gallon gas tax cut until Dec. 1. The $24.2 billion plan, slated to take effect in the midst of the…

With the state’s Gas Tax Holiday entering its fourth day, many motorists around the state were fueling up at lower prices on Monday. The $.25 cent per gallon state tax has been suspended until the end of June. While motorists were filling their tanks, the attorney general’s office was investigating. It is looking into 163 complaints they’ve received since...

The office of the Attorney General is looking into 163 complaints they’ve received since Friday about some service stations not dropping the 25- cent tax. While many gas stations have done so, residents say it’s not enough.

Connecticut’s gas tax holiday is here and it suspends the 25 cents per gallon excise gas tax from April 1 through June 30. University of New Haven professor Brian Marks wanted to track the impact of the temporary elimination of the gas tax on consumers and sellers, so he created a project with his students to track the gas price…

For business and economic students at the University of New Haven, they’re using what they learn in class and applying it to the real world by tracking the rates of gas prices following the announcement of the suspension.

Gov. Ned Lamont signed a bill into law Thursday to temporarily suspend the state’s gas tax beginning April 1. He signed the bill in private, one day after both chambers of the General Assembly passed the bill unanimously. Connecticut imposes an excise tax of 25 cents per gallon on gasoline. The new law suspends that tax from April 1 through…

Gas prices are still averaging more than $4 per gallon in Connecticut. That is why state lawmakers are considering eliminating the statewide gas tax of 25 cents per gallon.

Gas prices are still averaging more than $4 per gallon in Connecticut. That is why state lawmakers are considering eliminating the statewide gas tax of 25 cents per gallon. Members of the state Senate and House are meeting on Wednesday. If it is approved, it would last for three months from April 1 through June 30. Some drivers said they…

Republican lawmakers want to give drivers a break at the pump. They are proposing a gas tax holiday, hoping to suspend the gross receipts tax. “We can go into session immediately, as soon as next Wednesday, to pass this tax cut and pass this legislation to ensure this tax cut is passed onto consumers,” Senate Republican Leader Kevin Kelly said….