Excise and Sales tax

Excise noun - A tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate).

Sales tax and excise are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Sales tax" with "Excise", this terms are similar.

Nearby Words: excision, excised, excising, excisable

Sales tax noun - A tax based on the cost of the item purchased and collected directly from the buyer.

Excise and sales tax are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Excise" instead a noun phrase "Sales tax".