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An 1875 £3 chancery revenue stamp of the United Kingdom. Stamp duty was first introduced in England on 28 June 1694, during the reign of William III and Mary II, under "An act for granting to their Majesties several duties upon vellum, parchment and paper, for four years, towards carrying on the war against France". [3]
The Parliamentary Boroughs (England), Stamp Duty Act 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 35) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, signed into law on 4 July 1838. It repealed the stamp duty payable on the admission of freemen by birth or servitude in city or borough constituencies .
Stamp duty – is a consumption tax. It is the oldest tax in Portugal established in 1660. Stamp duty is levied on several contracts, documents, papers in Portugal and charged by a fixed amount or by the application of a fee to the value of the act or contract. [3] [4] [5] [6]
An Act to exempt certain Letters passing between Merchants or other Persons carrying on Trade or Commerce in this Kingdom, containing Agreements with respect to Merchandize, Notes or Bills of Exchange, from the Stamp Duty now imposed on written Agreements. (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 101))
The first revenue stamps used in the United Kingdom were impressed duty stamps issued by the Kingdom of England following the introduction of Stamp Duty in the Stamps Act 1694. [1] This was An act for granting to Their Majesties several duties on Vellum, Parchment and Paper for 10 years, towards carrying on the war against France (5 & 6 Will ...
Stamp Duty Land Tax" (SDLT), a new transfer tax derived from stamp duty, was introduced for land and property transactions from 1 December 2003. SDLT is not a stamp duty, but a form of self-assessed transfer tax charged on "land transactions". On 24 March 2010, Chancellor Alistair Darling introduced two significant changes to UK Stamp Duty Land ...
An Act to repeal the Stamp Duty now paid on Admission to the Freedom of Corporations in England. (Repealed by Municipal Corporations Act 1882 ( 45 & 46 Vict. c. 50)) Kingstown and Dublin Harbours Act 1838
An Act to amend "The Stamp Act, 1870," [c] in regard to the Stamp Duty payable by Advocates in Scotland on admission as Barristers in England or Ireland, and by Barristers in England or Ireland on admission as Advocates in Scotland.