Tag: Taxes Management
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Conveyance Tax
Conveyance tax in the Context of Mortgages A tax imposed on the transfer of real property. Similar Terms Conveyance Conveyance The transfer of title of property. Conveyancer Conveyancer A specialist in the legal aspects of buying a house. This may be a solicitor but not all solicitors are […]
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Indirect Tax
History Note: there is some information about the history of indirect taxation here. Parallel with the evolution of direct taxation, but decidedly lagging behind, is the progress of indirect taxation. As already mentioned, the right of levying dues on goods entering or leaving English ports […]
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Direct Tax
History Almost at the opening of the age of parliamentary taxation one of the older sources of revenue ceased. The pressure of popular opinion forced Edward I. to decree the expulsion of the Jews (1290), though he naturally desired to retain such profitable subjects. It is, indeed, probable […]
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Tax System History
Note: there is some information about the history of direct taxation here; and on the history of indirect taxation here. The direct taxation took the shape of a “monthly assessment” which was fixed from time to time, and which was collected under strict regulations, in marked contrast to […]
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Development Land Tax
Definition of Development Land Tax In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Development Land Tax : A tax charged on the development value of land when the land was disposed of before 19 March 1985. It was abolished for all disposals after that date by the […]
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Corporation Tax
Definition of Corporation Tax In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Corporation Tax : A tax on the worldwide profits of limited companies and certain other bodies resident or trading in the UK. Corporation tax started on 6 April 1966 (before this date […]
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Tax Credit
Definition of Disabled Person's Tax Credit In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Disabled Person'S Tax Credit : An income-related benefit that, under the Tax Credits Act 1999, replaced disability working allowance in October 1999. Administered by the […]
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Tax Credit
Definition of Disabled Person's Tax Credit In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Disabled Person'S Tax Credit : An income-related benefit that, under the Tax Credits Act 1999, replaced disability working allowance in October 1999. Administered by the […]
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Capital Transfer Tax
Definition of Capital Transfer Tax In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Capital Transfer Tax : CTT (capital transfer tax, CTT) A tax formerly levied on property passing on death and on transfers of wealth during a person's lifetime. See inheritance tax.
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Taxation
Resources See Also Further Reading Taxation in the Encyclopedia of Britain Taxation in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Taxation in the Halsbury's Laws of England Taxation in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases Taxation in the Jowitt's Dictionary of […]
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Tax Law
Tax Law in the United Kingdom Some Popular Taxation Meanings Sales Tax Superannuation (in Australia and other countries) Progressive Tax Alternative Minimum Tax Customs Corporate Tax Internal Revenue Code (including section 1031) Tax exemption Carbon Tax […]