06/04/2026
“The 12% federal excise tax is outdated, inefficient and punitive — to both dealers and fleets, routinely adding over $20,000 to the price of a new heavy-duty commercial motor vehicle," said by ATD Chairman Kevin Holmes –
Senior senators recently unveiled bipartisan legislation designed to repeal a World War I-era federal excise tax on new heavy-duty trucks, tractors and trailers.