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 ...

Court of Claims judge finds cannabis companies unlikely to succeed in blocking tax set to generate $420 million for road ...

Excise taxes are a tax charged on specific goods or services produced and sold domestically. As a small business owner, it is important to understand how an existing or potential excise tax will ...

TRUE: Health care legislation imposed a 2.3% excise tax on the sale of medical devices as of 1 January 2013. TRUE: The Cabela's chain (and some other stores) mistakenly applied medical excise taxes to ...

As health coverage expands to tens of millions of Americans--through Medicaid expansion in states and the new state health insurance exchanges that will soon begin selling individual health ...

So the case will enter a discovery phase, but without an injunction, the 24% wholesale tax will proceed as planned on January ...

Excise taxes aren't well-understood, but they add up to big money for governments. The first thought most people have about taxes is what a pain it is to prepare your tax return and pay the thousands ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Siebert is a reporter covering cannabis and psychedelic drugs. A new report calls Canada’s excise tax regime “the greatest ...