Anatomy of an EV Charging Tax

Let’s take a peek at Iowa’s EV charging tax. Iowa passed a tax on kilowatt hours of charging 4 years ago. The legislature is currently thinking about tweaking it.

When Iowa passed its kw tax on EV charging it also included an added registration fee for EVs and an excise tax for hydrogen fuel.

Some policy kinks: They didn’t consider the trucking industry adopting EVs, that homeowners charging at home would not be charged the EV charging tax and how to attribute taxes for chargers at apartment complexes.

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