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6. An excise tax is a levy on the purchase of a specific good or service. Which of the following items are subject to a federal excise tax?

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A 1040 form from 1913 hangs in the halls of the US Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, DC.

Gasoline

Indoor tanning

Tobacco

All of the above

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