Regulations and Government
GAO: Fuel Fraud Law Costs Aviation Trust Fund Billions
GAO found that less than half of noncommercial jet fuel tax receipts are getting deposited into the aviation trust fund.
Less than half of noncommercial jet fuel tax receipts are getting deposited into the aviation trust fund and aviation fuel vendors have overpaid by as much as $230 million in fuel taxes as a result of the fuel fraud law.
Less than half of noncommercial jet fuel tax receipts are getting deposited into the aviation trust fund and aviation fuel vendors have overpaid by as much as $230 million in fuel taxes as a result of the fuel fraud law.

The aviation trust fund has lost between $1 billion and $2 billion “or more” in tax revenues as a result of the decade-old fuel fraud law, a U.S. government watchdog has found. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on August 8, finding that less than half of noncommercial jet fuel tax receipts are getting deposited into the aviation trust fund and aviation fuel vendors have overpaid by as much as $230 million in fuel taxes as a result of the fuel fraud law.


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