Excise taxes and sales taxes both generate government revenue, but they work in fundamentally different ways. Sales taxes apply broadly to most retail purchases at a uniform percentage rate, appearing ...

Have you ever wondered why gas, cigarettes or alcohol cost so much? The answer often comes down to an excise tax — a special tax that’s built right into the price of certain goods. So, what is excise ...

Opinion: Implementing excise taxes may require changes to point-of-sale systems, invoicing, and record-keeping. Tax professionals can help advise on necessary system changes to ensure taxes are ...

More than 230 years ago, one of the first acts of the First Congress in 1789 included a relatively mundane, but important, tax policy allowing a refund on excise taxes. Unfortunately, this has become ...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and U.S. Treasury Department have issued final regulations (T.D. 10037) (Final Regulations) under Section 4501 of the Code (the Excise Tax) that withdraw the ...