The Medical Device Excise Tax: Economic Analysis Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title The Medical Device Excise Tax: Economic Analysis

Creator

  • Author: Gravelle, Jane G.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Senior Specialist in Economic Policy
  • Author: Lowry, Sean
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Analyst in Public Finance

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.
    Additional Info: Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress

Date

  • Creation: 2013-12-23

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This report reviews the issues surrounding the medical devices tax within the framework of basic principles surrounding the choice of commodities to tax under excise taxes. The next section describes the tax and its legislative origins. After that, the report analyzes the arguments for retaining and repealing the tax.
  • Physical Description: 32 pages.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Medical devices
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Taxation
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Excise tax

Primary Source

  • Item is not a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: R43342
  • Accession or Local Control No: R43342_2013Dec23
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc272072
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