To raise money for the government.
Congress cannot tax liquor. Liquor can only be taxed through the state level. Each state has their own tax levels.
The sales tax on liquor in Florida is $6.50 per gallon liquor. In the United States of America each state has a different tax on alcohol or cigarettes.
Excise Tax
It means the county has placed a tax on the liquor and will receive money from the sale.
The liquor tax in Cook County, Illinois, as of 2009, is $8.55 per gallon. Prior to this the tax was set at $4.50 per gallon.
All government budgets levy a heavy tax on Cigarettes and liquor"
Yep, since it's not necessary to consume liquor to live.
It was the excise tax.
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Dupage County Liquor Tax
There are all sorts of taxes in California: income tax sales tax property tax cigarette tax liquor tax estate tax gambling tax and hundreds of others.
A sin tax is an unusually high excise taxes on cigarettes, liquor, gambling, and so on.