excise tax

Noun

Meaning

a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

excise excise duty assessment capital gains tax carbon tax commodity tax business and occupation tax tax levied on the sale of certain goods tax on certain things sold within a country tax on specific services at purchase consumer taxes tax on production tax levied on services tax levied on the production of certain goods tax on certain things made within a country

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Hypernyms

indirect tax

Hyponyms

vat sales tax ad valorem tax nuisance tax value-added tax gasoline tax

Related terms

exciseman

Examples

Back then, the excise tax was designed to be a luxury tax for people who owned telephones. Mike Fitzpatrick

After the excise tax, the backwoodsmen complained the tax fell on them rather than on the consumers. Source: Internet

An even narrower inflation measure watched by many market economists also excluding alcohol and tobacco prices which can move due to excise tax changes, decelerated even more to 1.1% from 1.3% in December in year-on-year terms. Source: Internet

Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) has proposed lowering the state's excise tax on pot, and eliminating the cultivation tax altogether, at least temporarily. Source: Internet

An excise tax is an example. Source: Internet

Further Report on Public Credit, 7:226 To achieve this, Hamilton repeated a suggestion he had made nearly a year before—increase the duty on imported spirits, plus raise the excise tax on domestically distilled whiskey and other liquors. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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