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Get a refund for gasoline taxes

By Capt. Jacob Gadd, Administrative Law Intern is a simple example. Let’s say you use 25 gallons of gas a California Board of Equalization
week, 20 of which are used on Fort Irwin. That being the
OSJA, NTC and Fort Irwin case, you use 1,040 gallons of gas a year on Fort Irwin.
The California gas tax that you paid on that gasoline may
The California gasoline tax refund could save you hun- be refundable. The current refundable gas tax rate (which
dreds of dollars every year. changes yearly) is $0.36. So, if you fill out a simple form
(the SCGR-1) and submit that form and other supporting
In order to maintain California’s many highways, the documents to the State Controller’s Office, you would be
state taxes every gallon of fuel that you put into your car
(even gas purchased on post). This is reasonable, because we able to get a refund of approxi-
all know what it is like to drive on poorly maintained roads, mately $374.40 a year. While this
and without this tax, California’s is just an example, and some of us
highways would quickly fall apart. use much less than 20 gallons of
gas a week on post, who couldn’t
That being said, active duty use a little extra money, and every
military personal, or anyone else little bit helps.
who drives on a military installation
may be able to get the gasoline tax This refund can be claimed
refunded for the gasoline they use once a year, or more often de-
while driving on military installa- pending on if the refund is going
tions. The reason for this is that to be at least $750.
on-post roads, other than federal
highways that traverse military in- For all of the details regarding
stallations, are not maintained by this benefit for those driving on
California’s Department of Trans- military installations, and for a
portation. full list of qualifying refundable
activities visit http://www.sco.
To have an idea of how much ca.gov/ardtax_gas_tax.html.
money you could save a year, here

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