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

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 rati...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2006.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Excise tax. Revenue. Petroleum. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book