If the sales tax is an excise tax and the states collect the sales tax or the Sales Tax Bureau collects it in states that don't, what exactly is the Excise Tax Bureau collecting?
An excise on the use or consumption of taxable properties and service as defined in HR25, collected at from the purchaser at point of retail purchase by vendor or on entry into the country by customs if purchased outside the United States.
SEC. 101. IMPOSITION OF SALES TAX.
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A LAW DICTIONARY
by John Bouvier, Revised Sixth Edition, 1856:
EXCISES. This word is used to signify an inland imposition, paid sometimes upon the consumption of the commodity, and frequently upon the retail sale.
excise ['ek-'siz, -'sis] 1: a tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity
(compare income tax property tax)2: any of various taxes on privileges often assessed in the form of a license or other fee
(see also Article I of the Constitution in the back matter)
(compare direct tax)
That is how it will be administered, and how the courts will render it's effect, as an excise levied and collected under:
Constitution for the United States of America:
- Article I Section 8: "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises,
to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States;
It is always nice to see the opponents of legislation or a law reduced to arguing narrow definitions because they have no substantive points to support their view.
TP'r : One who's legal argument has the substance of used toilette paper, arguing over what "the meaning of the word is, is".