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Excise tax   /ɛksˈaɪs tæks/   Listen
Excise tax

noun
1.
A tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate).  Synonym: excise.





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"Excise tax" Quotes from Famous Books



... alive. Accustomed as we had been to war taxes which never came off, this was a sanctioned way of "passing the buck" such as we had never known. The advantage is that when we pay 14 cents for a box of matches that used to cost five cents, we can read "5 cents War Excise Tax Paid" on the wrapper. ...
— The Masques of Ottawa • Domino
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... the excise tax as a permanent source of income, Hamilton turned to meet the most pressing national obligations. To pay the interest on the foreign debt, he had arranged a loan from Holland. To provide money for circulation at home he revived the oft-repeated project of a ...
— The United States of America Part I • Ediwn Erle Sparks
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