Get ready to pay even more at the pump. That’s because on January 1, Pennsylvania will see an increase in the gas tax- by 8 cents.
According to our news partners at WPXI-TV, the price increase is the result of a change to state law Act 89. It is based off Pennsylvania’s ‘average wholesale price’ for gasoline and diesel.
However, instead of being an average of wholesale prices, this figure will be set at a minimum of $2.99 per gallon in 2017 regardless of actual liquid fuel wholesale prices. That means between state and federal taxes, drivers in Pennsylvania will be paying around 76 cents in taxes per gallon at the pump.
Pennsylvania already has the highest per gallon tax on gasoline of any state in the country.
