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 ...
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 ...
A proposed section in the U.S. House of Representatives version of the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) would impose a 3.5 percent excise tax on a remittance of money. This proposal has wide-ranging ...
On November 24, 2025, the US Department of the Treasury and the IRS issued final regulations on Section 4501, 1 which imposes a 1% excise tax on certain repurchases of stock of publicly traded ...
Democrat Chris Pappas celebrates winning the New Hampshire U.S. House District One Congressional race at an election party in Manchester, N.H. Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/ Cheryl Senter) ...
FIRST ON FOX: Republican lawmakers are pushing to stop states from imposing excise taxes on gun and ammunition sales, a condemnation of a measure California enforced in 2024. In 2023, California ...
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