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excise

1. a tax on goods, such as spirits, produced for the home market

2. a tax paid for a licence to carry out various trades, sports, etc.

3. Brit that section of the government service responsible for the collection of excise, now the Board of Customs and Excise

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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Excise

one of the forms of indirect taxation, primarily on objects of mass consumption (such as salt, sugar, and matches), and also on municipal, transportation, and other widely used services. Excise tax is included in the price of goods or as a tariff on services; thus, it is, in effect, shifted to the consumers, mainly workers. In prerevolutionary Russia, excise taxes, along with the spirits monopoly, produced 47.5 percent of the total income of the budget in 1904. Excise taxes are an important source of revenue for the state budgets of contemporary capitalist countries. In England and the USA, for example, from 1929 to 1958 excise taxes yielded between 14 and 30 percent of all tax receipts. In the USA, the total excise collections grew from $.5 to $12.4 billion per year over the period 1928–59. The excise tax on many goods is as high as half or even two-thirds of their price.

In the USSR the excise system was abolished by the tax reform of 1930; in other socialist countries it was abolished by the tax reforms of 1948–49.

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In relation to the new reporting requirements of the excise tax, the authority urged the excise taxable persons to comply with the new declarations and tax return forms and reporting requirements including import, produce, release from designated zones, and local purchase scenarios, which ensures increased transparency and accuracy.

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Excise offices to remain open until 8 pm on June 29 and 30 to facilitate tax payers

He said, "The working group has completed these requirements and is completing the remaining procedures required for automated link with the relevant government agencies to activate the systems in a timely manner according to the target timelines." "The working group concerned with the implementation of the excise tax has prepared a guide to explain the implementation processes and procedures for taxpayers, and a brief guide on the frequently asked questions expected from the public.

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Online Tax System would decline corrupt practices in Balochistan: Naeem Bazai

On January 1, Qatar officially imposed excise taxes on carbonated drinks (50% rate) and tobacco products and energy drinks (100%), among other items that fall under "excise goods" to limit consumption of several items, while raising government funds for public services.

List of 'excise tax goods' not final, says GTA official

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