Funding Trend: Welcome Gross Receipts Tax on Gas

Minnesota is considering a gross receipts tax on gas to make up for a transportation funding deficit. 

The gross receipts tax would be a 6.5-percent sales tax at the wholesale level.​ 

The chamber of commerce in Minnesota describes the gross receipts tax as:

  • not transparent
  • will lead to higher prices at the pump
  • revenues will be unstable

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