Wisconsin Fuel Tax Update
 

The Hamilton Consulting Group

June 2007

© 2007 The Hamilton Consulting Group

Legislative Service Documents

General Position Statements & Support Documents

• Highway Users & Fuel Suppliers Memo to Joint Finance: May 30, 2007.

• WMC Memo to Joint Finance, Oil Company Tax: May 30, 2007.

• Petroleum Industry Memo to Joint Finance: Apr. 16, 2007.

  • Talking Points on Gross Receipts Tax: Apr. 2007.

  • Possible Outcomes of Successful Legal Challenge

  • Motor Fuel Gasoline Taxes:  [graph] March 2007.

  • Who Owns "Big Oil"? [graph] Holdings of oil stocks, 2004.

  • The Myth of "Big Oil:" [graph] America's Oil and Natural Gas Companies.

• Intended Consequence of Franchise Fee Not Feasible, OPIS Director Says: WPMCSA, Apr. 3, 2007..

Legal Flaws Threaten Transportation Fund

Legal Analysis

• Michael, Best and Friedrich Memo to WMC: May 30, 2007.

• Lawton & Cates (Former AG Lautenschlager) Memo: Apr. 19, 2007.

• Wisconsin Legislative Council Memo to Speaker Huebsch: Feb. 26, 2007.

Related News/Positions

• Former AG: Doyle's Oil Tax Won't Fly: Madison Capital Times, May 30, 2007.

• Three Lawyers Say No-Pass-Through Oil Tax Unconstitutional: WMC, May 30, 2007.

• Non-Partisan Leg Council Questions Constitutionality of Oil Tax Plan: WMC, May 24, 2007.

Merely-a-Gas-Tax Documents

Analysis

• WMC Budget Analysis - Governor's Proposed Gas Tax Hits 7 Cents per Gallon: May 23, 2007.

• The Truth Behind Wisconsin's Oil Company Tax: Why You'll Pay More at the Pump: Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, April 2007.

Related News/Positions

• Analysis Finds Proposed Gas Tax up 64 Percent Since Introduced. WMC, May 23, 2007.

• Oil tax seen as raising gas 7 cents: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 23, 2007.

• Prediction: Pumped-up gas price: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, May 23, 2007.

• Opponents of Oil Tax Say Consumers will Pay More: WKBT.com, May 23, 2007.

• WMC says Doyle oil tax will add 7 cents per gallon: Hudson Star-Observer, May 23, 2007.

• Opponents Of Proposed Oil Tax Say Consumers Will Pay More: Channel3000.com, May 23, 2007.

• WMC targets Governor's oil tax: Wisconsin Radio Network, May 23, 2007.

• Business group: Oil tax would raise gas prices: AP Article , May 23, 2007.

  • Green Bay Press-Gazette

  • Appleton Post-Crescent

  • Manitowoc Herald

  • Oshkosh Northwestern

  • Wausau Daily Herald

  • Fond du Lac Reporter

  • Marshfield News-Herald

  • Stevens Point Journal

  • TwinCities.com

  • Chippewa.com

• Report: Oil tax will cost drivers: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Apr. 25, 2007.

• Oil tax to raise costs, study says: Wisconsin State Journal, Apr. 25, 2007.

• Experts: Doyle's oil company tax will probably cost consumers at pump: Holman Courier, Feb. 21, 2007.

Editorials

• Tax may be too crude to work; Doyle's oil proposal has holes to fix before passage (opinion): Appleton Post Crescent, June 21, 2007.

• Import tax is no way to fix budget (opinion): Wausau Daily Herald, June 17, 2007.

• Reject plan to gouge Big Oil (opinion): Wisconsin State Journal, June 3, 2007.

• Oil tax will only cost us at the pump (opinion): Green Bay Press-Gazette, June 1, 2007.

• The complicated oil tax argument (opinion): Beloit Daily News, May 31, 2007.

• Doyle versus the oil firms (opinion): Madison Capital Times, May 25, 2007.

• Behind the Push for the Oil Tax: Boots and Sabers Blog, May 24, 2007.

• Why isn't anyone protesting Doyle's gas tax proposal (opinion)? GM Today, May 2, 2007.

• Tax on Big Oil fuels problems on many levels (opinion): Janesville Gazette, Apr. 12, 2007.

• Doyle's Tax Proposals Not Good Policy: Wisconsin State Journal, Mar. 26, 2007.

• Reject Doyle’s oil tax proposal (opinion): Coulee news, Feb. 27, 2007.

• Reject Doyle’s oil tax proposal (opinion): Jackson County Chronicle, Feb. 26, 2007.

• Doyle’s oil tax will hurt consumers (opinion): Badger Herald, Feb. 19, 2007.

• Reject Doyle's Oil Tax Proposal (opinion): Wisconsin State Journal, Feb. 17, 2007.

• Jim “Oil” Doyle (opinion): Frontpage Milwaukee.

Miscellaneous Articles

• Oil profits tax advances: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 31, 2007.

• Proposed oil-profit tax slips up state budget process: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 31, 2007.

• Oil lobby wary of new tax proposal: Eau Claire Leader Telegram, Mar. 24, 2007.

• Petroleum industry fighting 'Doyle oil tax':  Milwaukee Business Journal, Mar. 2, 2007.

• Doyle wants tax on oil companies: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb. 12, 2007.

• Wisc. governor wants $1.50 per barrel oil tax: The Seattle Times, Feb. 12, 2007.

• Doyle will propose taxing big oil: Racine Journal Times, Feb. 12, 2007.