Fuel tax facts

Where fuel tax money goes

All fuel taxes collected are placed in the Motor Vehicle Fund. The Motor Vehicle Fund is used to support highway programs including:

• Constructing and maintaining state, city, and county roads, bridges, and ferries.
• Purchasing rights of way.
• Installing, maintaining, and operating traffic and signal lights.
• Policing state public highways.
• Operating movable span bridges.

Tribal fuel tax information

• Fuel Tax notice for delivering fuel to Squaxin or Swinomish Reservation Lands
• Squaxin/Swinomish - Amended Judgment and Permanent Injunction
• Fuel distributed to Yakama Nation licensed businesses

Fuel tax evasion

Fuel tax evasion is a crime. Fuel tax evasion includes:

• the use of red-dyed diesel fuel in licensed vehicles.
• importing fuel into Washington without a Washington State fuel license.
• manufacturing biodiesel for sale without a license.

How to report suspected fuel tax evasion

Contact the Washington State Patrol/Department of Licensing Evasion Unit task force by:

• Phone: 1-800-497-FUEL (1-800-497-3835).
• Email: evasion@dol.wa.gov.
• Mail:
  
  Fuel Tax Investigations Unit
  Department of Licensing
  PO Box 9228
  Olympia, WA 98507-9228

You may remain anonymous. If you leave your name and phone number, a task force member will call you back. All information given will be investigated and remain confidential.

Where to find information about fuel tax evaders

Please see Disciplinary actions: Dyed diesel violators to see a list of fuel tax violators and the fines they paid.