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State Experiences With Taxes on Generators or Disposers of Hazardous Waste

RCED-84-146 Published: May 04, 1984. Publicly Released: May 11, 1984.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO obtained information on taxation of generators and disposers of hazardous wastes. Taxes of this type are known as waste-end taxes. GAO examined the operation of waste-end taxes in three states in an attempt to determine: (1) whether states have achieved their objectives in establishing waste-end taxes; (2) states' concerns about a proposed federal waste-end tax; and (3) potential problems in establishing and implementing a federal waste-end tax.

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