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Originally Posted by ssump29
NO NO NO sir you are wrong. I posted up the charges that are charged. That's a invoice I'm sitting here looking at. Those are the current taxes and you will see that Federal is not as high as you claim. That's the taxes that are charged onto the refinery and what they charge Wholesalers and Suppliers when you get the product at the rack. So where ever you are getting this 1.50 is totally wrong and mis-informed. Unless you are in this business as I am and do this on the daily then please don't try and tell me otherwise. And if you are post up your information or we can privately discuss the matter of my(our industry if you do this for a living).
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Technically the taxes you tabulated are correct as far as what we can see, but the hidden tax (fed, state, or local) is a lot more involved. The current tax system is so convoluted and purposely made difficult to decipher. To add to the taxes we can see, the fed income taxes and other fees these oil companies along with the transporting and resellers have to pay, then the real tax is a lot higher than what we can see on our invoices because it was lumped in with the price. These companies aren't in business to eat the costs/taxes. They simply pass them on to the customers. I have to do the same with my small business. This can lead to another whole discussion about taxes.