2026年5月11日 / 美国东部时间下午2:45 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
据税务和能源专家表示，特朗普政府暂停联邦汽油税的举措，对饱受燃油价格飙升之苦的美国司机来说，缓解效果将十分有限。
当前美国民众面临的加油站油价达到2022年以来的最高水平，自2月底美国和以色列袭击伊朗以来，每加仑汽油价格上涨了约1.54美元。据美国汽车协会（AAA）数据，周一全国范围内的汽油均价为每加仑4.52美元。
“我认为这是个好主意，”特朗普总统周一在接受哥伦比亚广播公司新闻白宫记者南希·科德斯采访时谈及这项临时取消汽油税的计划时说道。“没错，我们将在一段时间内取消汽油税，等油价下跌后，再逐步恢复征税。”
联邦汽油税每加仑多少钱？
由于近期油价涨幅远超联邦税费，暂停汽油税可能仅能带来有限的救济。联邦政府对每加仑汽油征收18.4美分的税费，对每加仑柴油征收24.4美分，相关收入用于资助公路信托基金。
“我真不觉得这能带来多大改变，毕竟当前油价较去年每加仑高出1.5美元，”汽油价格追踪网站GasBuddy的石油分析师帕特里克·德汉在接受哥伦比亚广播公司新闻采访时表示。“在我看来，这18美分并不算什么。”
暂停联邦税费后，普通汽油的当前价格将降至每加仑4.34美元，柴油价格将降至每加仑5.39美元。这将使油价大致回到5月初的水平，当时的汽油价格仍比伊朗局势紧张前高出约46%。
“暂停汽油税具有讽刺意味的是，油价越高，其产生的影响就越小，”无党派组织两党政策中心的税务政策主任安德鲁·劳茨周一在社交媒体帖子中说道。“对于驾驶普通轿车的车主来说，按全国平均油价计算，加满一箱油的成本比伊朗局势紧张前高出18至25美元。联邦汽油税假期最多能为每箱油节省2美元。”
消费者可以使用劳茨开发的税费计算器估算自己能节省的燃油费用。例如，如果暂停联邦汽油税，驾驶SUV的加州车主每加满一箱油可节省2.36至3.09美元。但自伊朗局势紧张以来，该车主每箱油仍需多支付约24至32美元。
前路有何障碍？
由于燃油税受联邦法律管辖，任何暂停政策都需要国会批准——考虑到华盛顿的党派分歧以及即将到来的中期选举，这将是一个极高的门槛。周一，密苏里州共和党参议员乔希·霍利表示，他计划提出一项暂停联邦汽油税的法案。
该提案还可能遭到反对，因为它将耗尽公路信托基金的资金。据GasBuddy的德汉估算，暂停税费将使联邦政府每月损失约21亿美元的收入。
目前，佐治亚州、印第安纳州和犹他州等一些州已经采取措施豁免本州的地方燃油税。专家表示，由于各州燃油税税率在每加仑15美分至60美分之间，暂停州级燃油税比取消联邦汽油税能带来更显著的实惠。
“印第安纳州因取消使用税和消费税，汽油价格出现了大幅下跌——部分加油站的油价降至4美元以下，司机每加仑可享受近60美分的折扣，”GasBuddy的德汉在5月10日的社交媒体帖子中写道。
不过，一些州议员对豁免汽油税持犹豫态度，担心这会耗尽道路维护所需的资金。
德汉补充道，暂停燃油税可能会带来意想不到的后果。他表示，能源价格飙升表明市场供需失衡，霍尔木兹海峡几乎完全关闭导致全球石油供应受阻。
“减税或限制征税实际上可能会进一步加剧供需失衡，”德汉指出。“我担心的是，那些试图帮助选民对抗燃油价格上涨的政客，同时也在削弱美国人在燃油价格高企时可能会采取的节能措施的积极性。”
他补充道：“至少就目前而言，政客们正在打破这种平衡，他们冒险实施减税——这可能反而会刺激需求，而非抑制需求。”
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/video/trump-administration-considering-suspending-federal-gas-tax-temporarily/
Trump wants to suspend the federal gas tax. How much would that help drivers?
May 11, 2026 / 2:45 PM EDT / CBS News
A move by the Trump administration to suspend the federal gasoline tax would offer only modest relief to U.S. drivers socked by soaring fuel costs, according to tax and energy experts.
Americans face the highest prices at the pump since 2022, with a gallon of gas surging roughly $1.54 since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran in late February. On Monday, drivers nationwide paid an average of $4.52 a gallon, according to AAA.
“I think it’s a great idea,” President Trump told CBS News White House correspondent Nancy Cordes on Monday of the plan to temporarily lift the gas tax. “Yup, we’re going to take off the gas tax for a period of time, and when gas goes down, we’ll let it phase back in,”
How much is the federal gas tax per gallon?
Suspending the gas tax would likely provide only limited relief, as recent price increases have far outpaced the federal levy. The federal government charges 18.4 cents per gallon on gas and 24.4 cents per gallon on diesel, with the revenue funding the Highway Trust Fund.
“I really don’t think it would make much of a difference when gas prices are $1.50 a gallon more than last year,” GasBuddy petroleum analyst Patrick De Haan told CBS News. “That 18 cents doesn’t really amount to a whole lot, in my mind.”
A tax suspension would reduce the current price of regular gas to $4.34 per gallon and diesel to $5.39 per gallon. That would return prices to roughly early May levels, when gasoline costs were still about 46% higher than before the Iran war.
“The irony of a gas tax suspension is that the higher prices go, the less of an impact it has,” Andrew Lautz, director of tax policy at the nonpartisan Bipartisan Policy Center, said Monday in a social media post. “For a sedan at national average prices, filling up your car costs $18-$25 more than it did before the war. A federal gas tax holiday saves you up $2 per fillup.”
Consumers can estimate their fuel savings using a tax calculator Lautz created. For example, a California driver with an SUV could save between $2.36 and $3.09 per fill-up if the federal tax were suspended. But that driver would still be paying roughly $24 to $32 more per tank since the Iran war began.
Obstacle ahead?
Because the fuel tax is governed by federal law, Congress would need to approve any suspension — a high hurdle given Washington’s partisan divide and the approaching Midterm elections. On Monday, Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, a Republican, said he planned to introduce legislation to suspend the federal gas tax.
The proposal could also face pushback because it would drain the Highway Trust Fund. The suspension would cost the federal government about $2.1 billion a month in lost revenue, GasBuddy’s De Haan estimated.
Already, some states have taken steps to waive their local fuel taxes, including Georgia, Indiana and Utah. Because state fuel taxes range from 15 cents to about 60 cents per gallon, state suspensions can provide more meaningful relief than waiving the federal gas tax, according to experts.
“Indiana is seeing huge gas price drops thanks to the state waiving the use tax and excise tax — motorists getting a nearly 60c/gal discount with prices falling below $4 at some stations,” GasBuddy’s De Haan wrote in a May 10 social media post.
Still, some state lawmakers are hesitant to waive their gas taxes due to concerns about depleting the funds needed to maintain roads.
Suspending gas taxes could have unintended consequences, De Haan added. The jump in energy prices signals an imbalance in the market, with the virtual shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz strangling global oil supplies, he said.
“Reducing or limiting taxes may actually do more to further the imbalance between supply and demand,” De Haan noted. “My worry is that politicians who may be looking to help their constituents fight against rising fuel prices are also disincentivizing changes that Americans would probably start to employ given the higher prices of fuel.”
He added, “And at least for now, politicians are interrupting that balance, and they risk putting through tax cuts — they may stimulate demand instead of disincentivizing it.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/video/trump-administration-considering-suspending-federal-gas-tax-temporarily/
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