Stamp-duty Sentence Examples

In 1851 Greeley visited Europe for the first time, serving as a juryman at the Crystal Palace Exhibition, appearing before a committee of the House of Commons on newspaper taxes, and urging the repeal of the stamp duty on advertisements.

Passports granted in England are subject to a stamp duty of sixpence.

The principal sources of revenue are the licences granted for the importation and retailing of opium, wine and spirits, which are in the hands of Chinese; a customs duty of 5% on imports; an export tax of 5 70 on jungle produce; a poll-tax sanctioned by ancient native custom; and a stamp duty.

About this period the English stamp duty on printed matter was repealed, and this materially aided the development of the newspaper press.

Before resorting to this extremity, Brienne preferred to lay before the parlement his two edicts regarding a stamp duty and the territorial subsidy; to be met by the same refusal, and the same reference to the statesgeneral.

There were minor amendments to stamp duty in October 1999.

This could include items such as the estate agents fee if selling, stamp duty and other incidentals.

Such transfers are not, of course, liable to United Kingdom ad valorem stamp duty but may be subject to local requirements.

A minimum threshold for paying stamp duty is set by the Government, which may vary over time.

He also raised the stamp duty threshold to £ 125,000 - a move he claimed would help an extra 400,000 homebuyers.

Banks are exempt from the Business Tax and withholding taxes, from customs duties and from Stamp Duty.

A Stamp Duty Calculator is used to add up the cost of this tax charged on the purchase of homes costing more than GBP 125,000 (US $249,000).

For example, a home costing GBP 150,000 (US $299,000), the Stamp Duty will be GBP 1,500 (USD $2,361).