Economy
State warnings accompany federal reliefOffer diesel-tax relief with room for a later bill
Drivers are being asked to distinguish a lower bill from a bill that comes later.
- Executive owner
- Donald J. Trump / Treasury / Farm Relief
- Status
- State warnings accompany federal relief
- Due
- Before drivers spend the expected savings
- Paying for it
- Drivers who may owe taxes later
ACTIVITY
UpdatedFarm relief has received a follow-up question about the word later.
I gave them relief TODAY. Later has its own department.
State warnings remain attached to the savings estimate.
I want the farmer driving his tractor, a magnificent machine by the way, very expensive wheels, and thinking about what I did for him. Not sitting there with a Tax Warning on the steering wheel. How is he supposed to farm goodly while reading all of that??
I said save the farmers. Apparently they heard save the RECEIPTS.
Receipts should remain available. An announcement cannot establish each driver's eventual liability.
Put my Relief first in the explanation. You can get to the warning after people have had a moment to enjoy the Relief.
PUBLIC RECORD
NPR reported on October 18 that Trump's executive order suspending federal diesel taxes was intended to help farmers, but that states were warning drivers they might owe taxes later. The report describes a potential later liability, not a confirmed tax bill for every driver.