Research Areas
Oil, Gas & Natural Resource Taxes
Articles from the Tax Foundation
- Map: Gas Taxes (January 1 2011), June 2, 2011
- Rising Gasoline Prices Benefit a Few States, by Alex Wood-Doughty, Sarah Hyon and Kail Padgitt, March 22, 2011
- Connecticut Governor Malloy Proposes Multifaceted Tax Plan, by Kailee Tkacz and Mark Robyn, March 14, 2011
- Facts & Figures Handbook: How Does Your State Compare?, edited by Mark Robyn, February 28, 2011
- State Gasoline Tax Rates, as of January 1, 2011 , February 25, 2011
- Joseph Henchman of the Tax Foundation on 2010 State Tax Changes, January 27, 2011
- State Tax Changes During 2010, by Joseph Henchman, January 12, 2011
- IEA Study Ranks Nations’ Subsidies to Fossil Fuel Consumption, by Scott A. Hodge, November 22, 2010
- Putting Corporate Tax “Loopholes” In Perspective, by Scott A. Hodge, August 3, 2010
- Oil Today, Fatty Foods and Sugary Drinks Tomorrow: The Administration’s Assault on the Manufacturing Deduction for Oil Companies, by Scott A. Hodge, August 2, 2010
- Oil Industry Taxes: A Cash Cow For Government, by Scott A. Hodge, July 28, 2010
- Map: State Gasoline Tax Rates, As of January 2010, June 7, 2010
- State Sales, Gasoline, Cigarette, and Alcohol Tax Rates by State, 2000-2010, April 1, 2010
- Top 10 Tax Stories of the Decade, by TF Staff, December 30, 2009
- The Dam Bursts in the Beaver State: Oregon’s Wave of Tax Increases and New Spending, by Joseph Henchman and Jack Mountjoy, July 9, 2009
- Who Pays for Climate Policy? New Estimates of the Household Burden and Economic Impact of a U.S. Cap-and-Trade System, by Andrew Chamberlain, March 16, 2009
- New York Governor David Paterson’s Tax and Fee Proposals a Mixed Bag, by Josh Barro, January 22, 2009
- Federal Excise Tax Rates, 1944-2008. Selected Years, November 9, 2008
- Paying at the Pump: Gasoline Taxes in America, by Jonathan Williams, October 16, 2007
- Options for Funding SCHIP Expansion: Cigarette Taxes Least Defensible Alternative, by Gerald Prante, July 13, 2007
- Toll Revenue vs. Motor Fuel Taxes by State, 2005, June 11, 2007
- State Motor Fuel Tax Collections by State, 2006, June 7, 2007
- Fraction of Each Quintile's Total Tax Burden Accounted for by Each Type of Tax, Calendar Year 2004 , April 1, 2007
- Average Dollar Tax Burdens by Type of Federal Tax, Per Household, Calendar Year 2004 , April 1, 2007
- Estimating Federal Tax Burdens for Major City Areas, Counties, and U.S. Congressional Districts, by Andrew Chamberlain and Gerald Prante, March 22, 2007
- Gasoline Taxes: User Fees or Pigouvian Levies?, by Jonathan Williams, November 27, 2006
- California's Prop. 87 Fails Economics 101, by Jonathan Williams, November 3, 2006
- Temporary Gasoline Tax Holidays: Relief for Motorists or Poor Tax Policy?, by Andrew Chamberlain and Jonathan Williams, July 10, 2006
- Excise Taxes and Sound Tax Policy, by John R. McGowan, May 1, 1997
- The Use and Abuse of Excise Taxes, by Dwight R. Lee, Ph.D., May 1, 1997
- Tax Reform and Excise Tax Policy Fundamentals Conference Proceedings, January 10, 1997
- The Taxation of Energy in the U.S.: Who Pays?, by Arthur P. Hall, Ph.D., March 1, 1994
- The Price of Mobility: Gasoline Taxes in America, by Chris R. Edwards, June 1, 1993
- Tax Review: The Oil Excise Tax: Another Government Windfall, by David I. Meiselman, October 1, 1979
- Federal Non-Income Taxes: An Examination of Selected Revenue Sources, by TF Staff, April 1, 1965
- Federal Excise Taxes, by TF Staff, June 1, 1956
- Links to Other Tax Policy Resources, December 31, 1969