Regulations and Government
NATA Seeks Study on Fuel Fraud Tax
Industry has estimated that as much as $50 million in aviation taxes are diverted annually into the highway trust fund.

The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) is hoping to convince lawmakers to look into the lost aviation revenues from the so-called “fuel fraud” tax. Under a decade-old law, non-commercial jet fuel is taxed at the higher highway diesel fuel rate and deposited into the highway trust fund. The revenues remain there unless FBOs become government-recognized “ultimate vendors” and seek rebates for the difference between highway and aviation use taxes.


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