How much is the gas tax in New York?

New York's per-gallon gasoline taxes total roughly 33 to 46 cents depending on local sales tax, combining the motor fuel excise, the petroleum business tax, and state and local sales taxes on fuel. On top of that, the federal government adds 18.4 cents per gallon, so the total tax is often over 50 cents per gallon.

What taxes make up the New York gas price?

Three layers of state tax apply: the motor fuel excise tax, the petroleum business tax, and the prepaid state and local sales tax on motor fuel. New York is one of the states that applies general sales tax to gasoline, which is why its total per-gallon tax is higher than the headline excise rate alone.

How is the federal gas tax different?

The federal gasoline excise tax is a flat 18.4 cents per gallon and has not changed since 1993. It funds the Highway Trust Fund and is the same in every state, layered on top of whatever the state charges. Diesel is taxed higher federally at 24.4 cents per gallon.

How do I calculate gas tax per mile?

Divide the total tax per gallon by your vehicle's miles per gallon. A car getting 30 mpg with a combined 52-cent-per-gallon tax pays about 1.7 cents of gas tax per mile. A more efficient or hybrid vehicle pays proportionally less per mile because it burns fewer gallons.

Does the gas tax change with the price of fuel?

Partly. The excise and petroleum business portions are fixed per-gallon amounts, but the sales-tax portion can vary with the pump price in some configurations. New York caps part of its sales tax on fuel, so the total moves less than a pure percentage tax would. This tool uses a representative combined per-gallon figure you can adjust.

New York Gas Tax Calculator

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What you really pay in New York gas taxes

Every gallon of gasoline you buy in New York carries several layers of tax that never appear as a separate line on the receipt. New York stacks a motor fuel excise tax, a petroleum business tax, and state and local sales taxes on fuel — together usually 33 to 46 cents per gallon — and the federal government adds another 18.4 cents. This calculator turns those per-gallon figures into numbers you can feel: tax per fill-up, tax per mile, and tax over a whole year of driving.

How it works

The tool starts with the combined state per-gallon tax and adds the fixed federal excise to get a total tax per gallon. It then scales that to your real driving:

total tax/gallon = NY state per-gallon tax + 18.4¢ federal excise
tax per fill-up  = total tax/gallon × tank size
tax per mile     = total tax/gallon ÷ miles per gallon
annual gas tax   = (annual miles ÷ mpg) × total tax/gallon

Because the per-mile figure divides by your fuel economy, an efficient vehicle pays less gas tax per mile even though the per-gallon tax is identical — one reason states are debating mileage-based fees as cars get more efficient.

Notes and example

A car with a 14-gallon tank getting 28 mpg, driven 12,000 miles a year, with a combined state tax of about 40 cents and the 18.4-cent federal excise (roughly 58 cents per gallon total), pays close to $8 in tax per fill-up and around $250 a year in gas tax alone. Adjust the state per-gallon figure to match current rates, since New York’s fuel sales-tax component shifts over time.

These are estimates using representative New York fuel-tax figures; the exact total varies by county and pump price. Diesel is taxed at different rates. All figures stay in your browser.