IFTA Tax Rates in Georgia (2026)

Key numbers at a glance

Georgia is the freight capital of the Southeast — the Atlanta interchange of I-75, I-85 and I-20, the Savannah port complex, corridors to Florida every winter. Its motor fuel excise is set by formula and adjusts around the turn and middle of each year, and 2026 added an unusual wrinkle: a governor's suspension of the excise itself. The figures below come from the official IFTA Inc. fourth quarter 2026 tax rate matrix and the Georgia Department of Revenue — as of Q4 2026 — always confirm the current quarter's official IFTA matrix before filing (this quarter's matrix is not final until December 4, 2026). The national picture is on the IFTA rates by state hub.

IFTA tax rates in Georgia

Georgia's standard 2026 rates, per the Georgia DOR schedule and the IFTA matrix:

The suspension deserves attention. Per the Georgia DOR's 2026 suspension FAQs, Executive Order 09.28.26.01 halted the motor fuel excise on gasoline, clear diesel and other covered fuels starting September 29, 2026, and Executive Order 10.06.26.01 extended the suspension through 11:59 PM on November 5, 2026 — spanning most of Q4. Fuel bought in Georgia during that window carries no state excise in the pump price, which changes both the sticker math and your IFTA reconciliation; the DOR issued separate IFTA return filing guidance for the period, so follow that document when you file Q4. There is no separate Georgia surcharge schedule — one rate per fuel, unlike Indiana's surcharge line or Virginia's two-line split.

How Georgia IFTA affects your filings

Your Georgia line each quarter is Georgia miles divided by fleet MPG, times the applicable diesel rate. Take an Atlanta to Birmingham to Chattanooga run at 6.5 MPG using the standard 37.3-cent rate:

Georgia is 48% of the miles and 54% of the tax at standard rates. Now layer the suspension: gallons purchased in Georgia between September 29 and November 5, 2026 have no Georgia excise embedded, so prepaid tax runs light for those fills while the tax owed calculation follows the DOR's suspension-period guidance — the two can diverge sharply within one quarter, which is exactly the kind of mismatch a quarter-end review catches. Flip the fueling at standard rates: buy all 80 gallons in Georgia and you prepaid $29.84 against $26.48 owed; buy them in Tennessee and you prepaid $21.60, leaving $4.88 due. Run your own lane mix in the IFTA calculator and reconcile against receipts before each deadline — April 30, July 31, October 31, January 31, with late penalties typically $50 to $100 plus interest.

Fueling strategy around Georgia: price minus tax, plus a calendar

Shop by net price: pump price minus the state tax, then check the rates ahead — and in 2026, check the calendar too. At standard rates the Q4 2026 neighbor map puts Georgia mid-high: Alabama 31.0 cents, Tennessee 27.0, South Carolina 28.0, North Carolina 41.0, Florida 41.0. The standard plays: fill in Alabama or Tennessee before Georgia legs (6.3 to 10.3 cents a gallon better), and treat Georgia pumps as the cheap stop before Florida (3.7 cents better than Florida's 41.0). During the suspension window through November 5, 2026, Georgia pump prices drop by the excise amount, temporarily making Georgia the discount stop of the Southeast — buy Georgia gallons then, prepaid local sales tax notwithstanding, because the IFTA treatment follows the DOR guidance. A hundred gallons a week moved between the right pumps is $330 to $540 a year in tax timing at standard rates. Anchor the weekly call to the diesel benchmark with the fuel surcharge guide — and remember that shippers' surcharges are calculated off benchmarks, not off a suspension that only Georgia has.