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Department of Revenue: local motor fuel excise tax reporting improves, four localities still noncompliant
Summary
Heather Lowe of the Department of Revenue told the committee that required local motor fuel excise tax reports fell from 20 non-submitting localities in 2024 to four in the most recent report after outreach with municipal and county associations; members were urged to review local entries for "no data" versus "0."
Heather Lowe, director of tax and policy and government affairs at the Department of Revenue, updated the committee on local motor fuel excise tax reporting under the act passed in 2024 that moved the reporting requirement to the department. She said the department has issued its second report covering revenues collected and expenditures on road and bridge maintenance for the fiscal year.
Lowe reported an improvement in compliance: "In 2024, we had 20 localities that did not submit data. Since then, in this most recent report, we got that down to 4," and said the department worked with the League of Municipalities and the County Commission Association to obtain contacts and follow up. She urged members to check their local entries and noted that some entries display "no data" while others show "0," which may reflect differing reporting practices rather than true zero expenditures.
Committee members expressed appreciation for the follow-up; no further questions were raised during the meeting and there were no formal actions tied to the report. Lowe offered to follow up on specific anomalies if members flagged them.
