Indiana drivers will keep paying no state tax on gasoline through Dec. 4, after Gov. Mike Braun extended the state’s energy emergency for another 30 days. The order covers all 92 counties and took effect Nov. 5. Braun signed it Wednesday, the day the earlier suspension was due to end.
Executive Order 26-35 stops the state from collecting two taxes, the Gasoline Excise Tax and the Gasoline Usage Tax. It is the latest in a string of back-to-back extensions. Braun first acted on fuel prices in April, his office says, and each order since has picked up where the last one stopped.
What the extension means at the pump
For anyone who drives in Indiana, the change is simple. Gas bought between now and Dec. 4 carries no state excise tax and no state usage tax, whether it is a weekly fill-up or the tank for a Thanksgiving drive to see family. The state is simply not collecting the taxes, so there is nothing to apply for and no card to show…