Businesses in the United States have to pay a variety of taxes on the products they sell. The most common example of this is sales tax. But in some cases, companies may also have to pay excise taxes.

This interim guidance may be relied upon until regulations addressing the provision are issued. It is expected that the regulations will closely follow the definitions and rules in the notice. The ...

More than 230 years ago, one of the first acts of the First Congress in 1789 included a relatively mundane, but important, tax policy allowing a refund on excise taxes. Unfortunately, this has become ...

USA flag and contemporary glass architecture of Financial District, New York City, USA. Eric Solomon of Steptoe & Johnson LLP discusses the new excise tax on corporate stock buybacks and examines the ...