Governor Kemp Signs Gas Tax Suspension Through October 12

Kaitlin Housler

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed an executive order Tuesday declaring a state of emergency in the Peach State due to high inflation, which included temporarily suspending the state’s excise tax on motor and locomotive fuel.

The gas tax suspension will go into effect on Wednesday at 12:00 a.m. and will remain in effect until 11:59 p.m. on October 12.

Kemp’s order to suspend the gas tax, he said, will “provide direct relief to families throughout the state.”

“From runaway federal spending to policies that hamstring domestic energy production, all Bidenomics has done is take more money out of the pockets of the middle class,” Kemp added in a statement. “While high prices continue to hit family budgets, hardworking Georgians deserve real relief and that’s why I signed an executive order today to deliver it directly to them at the pump. Working with partners in the General Assembly, we’ll continue to help Georgians weather the economic headwinds caused by this president, his administration, and their allies in Congress.”

In his executive order, Kemp cited an August analysis from Moody’s Analytics, which showed Americans are spending $709 more per month than two years ago and $202 more per month than last year.

As of Tuesday, the average price for a gallon of unleaded gasoline in Georgia was $3.84 – higher than the national average price of $3.57 per gallon, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA). Last year, around the same time, the average price for a gallon of unleaded gas in the Peach State was $3.24.

Kemp first suspended the state’s gas tax in May of last year and renewed the tax suspension six times. According to Kemp’s office, the initial moratorium on state gas and diesel taxes, which officially ended earlier this year in January, saved Georgians roughly $1.7 billion at the pump.

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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Georgia Star News and The Star News Network.

 

 

 

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