excise

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Liability for such excise shall be incurred by corporate existence at any time within the taxable year, or, in case the corporation has not established a taxable year, upon April first of the year in which the excise is to be assessed.

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  1. noun An internal tax imposed on the production, sale, or consumption of a commodity or the use of a service within a country: excises on tobacco, liquor, and long-distance telephone calls.
  2. noun A licensing charge or a fee levied for certain privileges.
  3. transitive verb To levy an excise on.

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  • Liability for such excise shall be incurred by corporate existence at any time within the taxable year, or, in case the corporation has not established a taxable year, upon April first of the year in which the excise is to be assessed. —  Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
  • Liability for such excise shall be incurred by corporate activity within the commonwealth at any time within the taxable year, or, in case the corporation has not estab - lished a taxable year, upon April first of the year in which the excise is to be assessed. —  Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
  • No doubt, when the excise is abolished, many other articles will be employed for the same purpose To describe the railroads, which are every hour departing for every point of the compass, would take up too much space. —  Rides on Railways
  • Section two A of chapter sixty A of the General Laws, as g.l. (Ter. amended by chapter eighteen of the acts of nineteen hundred f 2a, Tu. ', and forty-three, is hereby further amended by striking out amended.' the second sentence, as appearing in section one of chapter four hundred and ninety-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-eight, and inserting in place thereof the follow - ing sentence: — Unless it appears from the records of the Suspension of registrar that the person to whom the excise has been as - nonpaymen/"" ^ sessed has transferred his ownership in such motor vehicle, °f e^^ise tax the registrar shall forthwith give him written notice by mail vehicles. directed to his last known address that the certificate of registration of such motor vehicle will be suspended at the expiration of thirty days from the date of mailing such notice unless within said period there is filed with the regis - trar evidence satisfactory to him that the excise due, and all interest, charges and fees accrued thereon, have been paid. —  Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
  • Section two A of chapter sixty A of the General Laws, as g.l. (Ter. amended by chapter eighteen of the acts of nineteen hundred f 2a, Tu. ', and forty-three, is hereby further amended by striking out amended.' the second sentence, as appearing in section one of chapter four hundred and ninety-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-eight, and inserting in place thereof the follow - ing sentence: — Unless it appears from the records of the Suspension of registrar that the person to whom the excise has been as - nonpaymen/"" ^ sessed has transferred his ownership in such motor vehicle, °f e^^ise tax the registrar shall forthwith give him written notice by mail vehicles. directed to his last known address that the certificate of registration of such motor vehicle will be suspended at the expiration of thirty days from the date of mailing such notice unless within said period there is filed with the regis - trar evidence satisfactory to him that the excise due, and all interest, charges and fees accrued thereon, have been paid. —  Acts and resolves passed by the General Court
 

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  1. Middle Dutch excijs, alteration (influenced by Latin excīsus, past participle of excīdere, to cut out) of accijs, tax, probably from Old French acceis, partly from Vulgar Latin *accēnsum (Latin ad-, ad- + Latin cēnsus, tax; see census) and partly from Old French assise, legislative ordinance; see assize.
  2. Latin excīdere, excīs- : ex-, ex- + caedere, to cut; see kaə-id- in Indo-European roots.

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/ (ĕkˈsīzˌ)/
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