Ohio Enacts Transportation Appropriation, Provides Motor Fuel Excise Tax Allowances, Refunds

The Ohio Governor signed a law making appropriations for transportation for the fiscal year 2026-27 biennium. The law includes a continuation, though the fiscal year 2026-27 biennium: 1) for each motor fuel dealer that properly files and pays monthly motor fuel excise taxes, a deduction from the tax payment of the tax otherwise due on 1 percent of the fuel the dealer received, minus 0.5 percent of the fuel sold to retail dealers, to cover the cost of filing and to compensate for evaporation, shrinkage, and other unaccounted for losses; and 2) for retail fuel dealers who have purchased fuel ...