Low gasoline prices throughout 2017 are bringing drivers something extra to cheer as they ring in the new year: No increase in Utah’s fuel tax.
In 2015, the Legislature passed a law that automatically increases the state gasoline tax once a year if average annual fuel prices have risen.
The state charges 16.5 percent of the statewide average annual rack price for gasoline — and makes an adjustment to the price paid at the fuel pump once a year, on New Year’s Day.
“Following this method, motor fuel and special fuel tax [on diesel] will not change for 2018,” according to a bulletin from the Utah State Tax Commission.