To reduce West Virginia sales tax on gasoline and diesel to zero, and make up difference with increase in sales tax equivalent to rate of tax

HB 2193 would eliminate the excise tax on gasoline and diesel in West Virginia, setting it to zero. To maintain the same tax revenue, the bill would increase the general sales tax rate by an amount equivalent to the revenue previously collected from the fuel excise tax. This change would directly affect all consumers and businesses purchasing gasoline and diesel, as they would no longer pay the specific fuel tax but would pay a higher general sales tax on all taxable goods and services. The total tax burden for these purchases would remain unchanged, shifting collection from a fuel-specific tax to the broader sales tax system.