Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax of the 1980s Implications for Current Energy Policy

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excise tax.

Petroleum.

Revenue.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] 2006

Summary:

Provides an overview and analysis of the crude oil windfall profit tax (WPT), an excise tax imposed on the U.S. oil industry from 1980 to 1988. Summarizes events surrounding the enactment of the tax under P.L. 96-223, the Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax Act, describes WPT tax structure, discusses rationale for the tax, examines revenue and other economic effects, and reviews WPT legislation in the 109th Congress

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Microfiche version Library of Congress Congressional Research Service Crude Oil Windfall Profit Tax of the 1980s

Publisher Number:

CRS-2006-RSI-0317

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