excise tax

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1. A tax, similar to a sales tax, imposed on some goods, especially luxuries and cars.

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excise tax

There will also be higher rates of excise tax on certain goods.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

They did that because they don’t face the same excise tax on those fees that they do on fares.

From Slate ● May 12, 2026

The tax reimbursement estimate for Zaslav, who lives in New York, was “calculated based on a 20.00% excise tax rate and an estimated effective tax rate of 54.126% ,” Warner said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

Adam Hoffer is the director of excise tax policy at the Tax Foundation.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026

The catalyst for the change was the Whiskey Rebellion, a popular insurgency in four counties of western Pennsylvania protesting an excise tax on whiskey.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis