WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- The House Ways & Means Committee Chairman issued the following news release:
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Farmers and truckers across America will see immediate tax relief when filling their tanks after President Trumpsigned an executive order allowing off-road "dyed" diesel to be used on highways through the end of the year. Dyed diesel is the same fuel farmers already use in tractors and combines and is exempt from the federal highway tax. The order directs the Treasury to waive the steep penalties that would normally apply to highway use of dyed diesel, as well as the federal highway tax - all of which will give producers relief this harvest season.
Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following ...