In addition, companies reporting between $100 million and $150 million would pay an excise tax on 50% of their revenues; the rate for companies with more than $150 million in annual sales would be 100%.If approved, the amendment would  make the excise tax a deductible item and would also call for the tax to take effect in 2013, instead of 2010.So here is the question: would these adjustments make a device tax palatable to industry?