December 11, 2023 Express Update

PPA supported legislation has been introduced in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives that would permit home heating oil retailers to communicate delivery ticket information to customers electronically. House Bill 1889 was introduced by Representative Stephen Malagari (D-Montgomery) this past Thursday and is scheduled to considered by the House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee at its […]

  PA 2024 Oil Company Franchise Tax Rate Now Available On December 9, the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue published the following notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin outlining the 2024 Oil Company Franchise Tax and Alternative Fuels Tax Rates. The 2024 Oil Company Franchise Tax rates will decrease to the following amounts: Gasoline: 57.6 cents Diesel fuel: 74.1 […]

The Biden administration will delay its ban on menthol cigarettes following lobbying from critics, reported the Washington Post. The administration is expected to announce that it plans to finalize the ban in March, but the process could continue to be delayed due to the pressure during an election year, according to anonymous officials. Initially the administration planned […]

The Pennsylvania Petroleum Association have signed onto a letter endorsing H.R. 5840, the Transportation Security Screening Modernization Act sponsored by Reps. Graves (R-LA), Green (R-TN), Guest (R-MS), Smith (D-WA), Titus (D-NV), and Carbajal (D-CA). The nation’s supply chains have been severely impacted by COVID and other disruptions of late which is also continually slowed by […]

As you have most likely heard, the Settlement Administrator in the Visa/MasterCard swipe fee antitrust litigation has begun mailing claim forms to millions of potential claimants to the $5.4 billion settlement fund (the “Fund”). The Fund includes the proceeds of a settlement of the litigation, which claimed that merchants paid excessive fees to accept Visa […]