In dictionaries:
excise tax
Tax on specific goods, services.
excise taxes
Taxes imposed on specific goods.
excise duty
Tax on specific goods production.
excise duties
Taxes on specific goods, services.
central excise
(India) The department concerned with tax on goods manufactured or produced.
excise office
customs and excise
Taxation on imported and manufactured goods.
general excise tax
Vehicle Excise Duty
(VED; also known as "vehicle tax", "car tax", and "road tax", and formerly as a "tax disc") an annual tax levied as an excise duty, and which must be paid for most types of powered vehicles which are to be used or parked on public roads in the United Kingdom.
Excise tax in the United States
an indirect tax on listed items.
HM Customs and Excise
(properly known as Her Majesty's Customs and Excise at the time of its dissolution) a department of the British Government formed in 1909 by the merger of HM Customs and HM Excise; its primary responsibility was the collection of customs duties, excise duties, and other indirect taxes.
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