Q & A #6 (Gasoline Receipts, Submitted Dec. 29, 2025)
In the State of California, there appears to be a lack of transparency when it comes to gas receipts, and possibly in other states as well.
When examining California Revenue and Taxation Code (CRTC) 6202, it appears to indicate that sales of tangible items requires that a sales tax be collected on behalf of the State of California.
Upon further examination of the tax code is CRTC Regulation 1686. Essentially it states that when a gas receipt is printed, any tax that is paid, the receipt shall also include the taxes paid.
A recent gas receipt from Sam’s Club is included. What is noticeably missing from the receipt is the tax that was collected. Now certainly every gas station in California collects the various taxes included in the sale of gasoline; state tax, federal excise tax, and leaking underground storage tank fee.
When the attendant was asked why the taxes were not printed, he stated that the taxes, although included, are simply noted on a nearby poster.
Question #6:
So being that taxes are required to be collected, per CRTC 6202, and that the taxes paid are to be printed on receipts, per CRTC Regulation 1686, but in actuality the taxes paid are NOT on the receipts, what would you do as governor to remedy this issue in order to provide transparency to the millions of drivers that buy gasoline everyday?
(As of Jan. 27, 2026, No responses received)