Notable win
Diesel tax deferred through year-end
A signed Oct. 5 order lets truckers use dyed diesel on the highway and defers the 24.4-cent federal diesel excise tax on it through Dec. 31, with no interest or penalties.
Why you should care
For a trucker filling a 250-gallon tank that is about $60 not due today. It is a deferral, not a cut, and diesel was still about $6.32 a gallon on Oct. 5.
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