Hmm. "An excise tax is a sales tax on a specific item."
Yep. Absolutely. For a sales tax is nothing more than an velorum excise levied on many items.
As far as analysis of any product sold under a general sales tax goes, simply analyzing a single product under a general sales tax is all that it takes to render it an analysis of a specific case. That of course does not leave out used analysis of typical elements or average of sector outputs common to such analysis.
You had to go to the Idaho State Statutes to find someone who agreed with you! LOL!
LOL indeed. It only takes one exception to your claim that a retail sales tax is legally not an excise to disprove your spin. More can be found, but one is all that is needed.
Sorry YN. Your spins and rhetorical flapping around are nothing more than blathering in the wind to find anything you can to hang your hat on.
Too bad you spend to so much to spitting in the wind, such a fruitless exercise for, what I presume is otherwise, a grown person to engage in.
Excise Tax:And the authors obviously think a sales tax is different from a excise tax, otherwise why would the FairTax bill establish an Excise Tax Bureau and a Sales Tax Bureau? Aren't they the same?
An excise tax is a tax on the sale or use of certain products or transactions. So every time you make a telephone call, buy a plane ticket, or ride in a car (to name but a few), you are paying an excise tax.
excise tax vs. sales tax
An excise tax is one levied on the purchase of a specific commodity or group of commodities (e.g., alcohol or tobacco). A sales tax is one levied on all commodiities with only a few specific exclusions (e.g., all purchases except food).