Talk:Windfall tax

message: Was the 1980 law enacted as a result of the OPEC embargo (1973) or actually the energy crisis that followed (1979)?  There is no citation or reference to clarify the actual cause, but it seems more likely that the energy crisis in 1979 led to the 1980 law.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdevola (talk • contribs) 03:44, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: United States

message: does anyone know the date of repeal for this tax? if anyone does this would be good info to add.
:I think the general idea is that usually such a tax doesn't need repealing, as it's a one-off temporary response to a given situation. Certainly this was the case with the UK's 1997 utilities windfall profits tax, which was a one-off. Rd232 talk 22:14, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: I don't think this should be done. The article in question refers to a specific type of tax levied in Australia that has little to do with the one discussed here.--Gloriamarie (talk) 23:31, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge with windfall tax

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 
The result of the move request was: Moved per common name argument. The old disambiguation page will be moved to Windfall tax (disambiguation) then redirected back to Windfall tax in case the history is ever needed. (non-admin closure) SnowFire (talk) 02:19, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Windfall profits tax →  – Common name but I doubt I will be able to move this myself as there is a disambiguation page already there Chidgk1 (talk) 09:07, 26 May 2022 (UTC)

text: To where do you proposed the Windfall tax disambiguation page be moved? Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 18:35, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I propose it be deleted as the article has links to all the countries. Chidgk1 (talk) 14:02, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 26 May 2022 

message: Both of the 'criticisms' discussed here are NOT editorials from IBD or WSJ, both are merely letters to the editor.  
So, when the text here says "Investor's Business Daily said...", and "The Wall Street Journal wrote...", both of these statements are utterly false and work to mislead.
Neither of the authors of these letters are Reliable Sources.  Moreover, the 'criticism' incorrectly sourced back to IBD was erroneous and subsequently corrected by the original author at his personal blog site at seekingalpha.com.  Subsequently this letter was removed from IBD, there is no longer any evidence they actually published it (with or without the corrections).
https://seekingalpha.com/article/63131-exxons-2007-tax-bill-30-billion
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/all-hail-exxon_b_86918 
I'm going to delete the entire section, it's beyond repair. R.Giskard R. (talk) 17:54, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: What you are referring to as a "letter to the editor" in at least one case is an editorial. I reverted to an earlier version of the article pre-blanking. Andre🚐 00:09, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism section contains nothing but published 'letters to the editor'. 

message: Kaka 2405:201:5009:B18C:BCD0:B837:A24A:A73E (talk) 13:40, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Windfall profit tax