excise tax

noun

: a tax on certain things that are made, sold, or used within a country : excise

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Then there's a 61-cent state excise tax and roughly 2 cents attributed to underground storage fees. Richard Ramos, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026 The country slashed its excise tax by half for the next three months, saving drivers 26 cents on every liter of gasoline over that period, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a video posted on X on Wednesday. Max Zahn, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026 Congress could suspend the federal excise tax on fuel. Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026 Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, passed in 2025, levied an excise tax on remittances. Idaho Statesman, 26 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for excise tax

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excise tax

noun
: excise
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