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Caption Gov. Brian Kemp walks to board an airplane Tuesday, May 11, 2021, at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport after announcing he was suspending state taxes on gasoline and diesel through Saturday. Credit: AP/Jeff Amy
Gov. Brian Kemp has signed an executive order suspending state taxes on motor fuels through Saturday to offset increasing prices after a computer hack shut down a pipeline that carries fuel to much of Georgia.
Kemp said he wants to provide price relief from increasing fuel prices because of the Colonial Pipeline outage. Georgia collects a gasoline tax of 28.7 cents a gallon and a diesel tax of 32.2 cents a gallon.