IFTA Tax Rates in New York (2026)

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IFTA tax rates in New York

New York's IFTA rate for Q4 2026 is $0.3980 per gallon on gasoline and $0.3805 per gallon on diesel, per the IFTA Inc. quarterly rate matrix and New York Form IFTA-105 published by the Department of Taxation and Finance (tax.ny.gov). Rates below are as of Q4 2026 — confirm the current official IFTA matrix before you file, because New York adjusts rates during the year and the matrix is not final until early December.

Two things make New York's number bigger than it looks on excise-tax tables. First, the headline state excise is only part of it: the Tax Foundation's July 2026 comparison shows roughly $0.2418 (gasoline) and $0.2238 (diesel) of base excise, while the IFTA rate adds the petroleum business tax and related components that truckers actually settle through IFTA. Second, the rate you file is the rate in effect when the fuel was burned, not when it was bought — so a rate change mid-quarter splits your New York line.

So New York sits near the top of the region on gasoline and roughly mid-pack on diesel — Pennsylvania's $0.7410 diesel rate dwarfs it, while Ohio's $0.4700 diesel rate sits about 9 cents above it. The 18.4/24.4-cent federal excise is paid at the pump and never appears on an IFTA return; only the state rates in the matrix do.

One New York-specific trap: most interstate tractor-trailers also owe the New York Highway Use Tax (HUT), a separate per-mile charge based on gross weight that is filed independently of IFTA and requires a HUT certificate on the cab. The fuel-purchase games that win on IFTA do nothing for HUT — it is owed on New York miles regardless of where you fueled. Verify the current HUT rate schedule and thresholds with tax.ny.gov before pricing a Northeast lane.

How New York IFTA affects your filings

Every quarter, your IFTA return taxes each gallon at the rate of the state where it was burned. With New York diesel at $0.3805 and Pennsylvania diesel at $0.7410, the geography of your fuel stops matters more in the Northeast than anywhere else in the country. Run the fuel math with the IFTA calculator before you commit to a fueling plan, and make sure your fuel surcharge is actually recovering these state taxes rather than just the retail pump move.

Concretely: at 6.5 MPG, a 500-mile New York leg burns about 76.9 gallons, which is roughly $29.27 of New York fuel tax. Buy that diesel in New York and the tax is already embedded in your receipts — a credit against the same line. Buy it in a $0.19-rate state like Oklahoma and you have pre-paid roughly $14.61 for a $29.27 liability, and the difference lands as tax due on the return. Multiply by a full quarter of Northeast miles and you can see why cheap-pump chasing is the most expensive habit in high-tax corridors.

The reverse works in your favor: fueling in Pennsylvania before a New York-heavy week pre-pays $0.7410 per gallon of diesel tax — nearly double what New York will assess on the same gallons — and the excess comes back as credit. That is the whole strategy in one sentence: buy where the tax is high and burn where it is low, and let the quarterly return settle it.

Bookkeeping still decides whether the strategy pays. Keep New York fuel receipts matched to per-state miles from your ELD or GPS, note the HUT mileage separately, and pull the current rates from the matrix or your base state each quarter — New York's own Form IFTA-105 rate table is updated quarterly. Returns are due April 30, July 31, October 31 and January 31, with $50–$100 penalties plus interest per late quarter. For the full 48-state picture, see the IFTA rates by state hub.