ATA Chairman Dellinger Presses Truck Excise Tax Repeal

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WASHINGTON — American Trucking Associations Chairman Dennis Dellinger on Jan. 22 called on a House panel to repeal a World War I-era excise tax on new trucks.

A repeal of the long-standing 12% tax on commercial vehicles would facilitate upgrades to fleets and enhance safety and efficiency industrywide, the chairman said during a Highways and Transit Subcommittee hearing.

“Initially implemented as a 3% tax to offset the cost of American participation in World War I, this tax h…