The Oil Spill Liability Tax

Weaver: Beyond the Numbers · Apr 28, 2022 · 10m

For this discussion on motor fuels taxation issues, Beyond the Numbers sits with two of Weaver’s industry leaders, Emilda Santiesteban and Leanne Sobel, J.D., both Directors of Motor Fuels and Excise Tax Services. They join host, Tyler Kern, to explore motor fuel taxation dynamics and offer their insights on a constitutional challenge to the federal oil spill liability tax.

Sobel discusses the four main areas taxed under the oil spill liability tax, which levies a barrel tax on oil and petroleum products. These taxes get placed on both crude oil and petroleum products imported into the United…