stamp-tax

The stamp-tax proposal would shift even more of the burden of the tax onto ordinary investors.

Europe's Bad Tax Brainstorm Dan Waters 2012

Justice Clarence Thomas, in the majority opinion, said the outcome hinged on "the most natural reading" of the federal bankruptcy law, which "affords a stamp-tax exemption only to transfers made pursuant to a Chapter 11 plan that has been confirmed."

High Court Rejects Exxon Appeal 2008

The U.K. Treasury said it was suspending the stamp-tax duty on housing transactions for homes valued as much as £175,000 ($315,315).

Brown Aims to Bolster Housing and Voters 2008

The problem of raising a revenue without customs duties is solved by a stamp-tax, land-revenue, and (by far the most important), the sale of the monopolies of the preparation and retailing of opium for smoking, and of spirits and other excisable commodities, these monopolies being “farmed” to private individuals, mostly Chinamen.

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

Brienne, indignant at this perverseness, -- for hitherto they had claimed the sole right of registering taxes, -- forced them to register the stamp-tax and the land-tax, and exiled them to Troyes.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859 Various

It may, moreover, touch the circulation of bills, by means of its indisputable right to lay a stamp-tax upon paper; and Mr. Gallatin long ago recommended the exercise of this power, as an effectual method of restraining the emission of small notes.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 Various

The agents of America, however, all replied that they were instructed not only to oppose the stamp-tax, but every other bill which assumed as a principle the right of taxing the colonies.

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr

The minister, also, proposed raising a direct revenue from the colonies in the shape of a stamp-tax, but this was objected to by the opposition, and it was postponed to another session.

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr

The addition of $250,000,000 to the product of the country would be a gain to every branch of industry; and if the equable system of taxation by a stamp-tax on all sales were adopted, the burden would not be felt.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862 Various

Their pay must not be still further reduced by this monstrous stamp-tax.

Without Prejudice Israel Zangwill 1895