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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 act was described as a Consolidation Act. [4] The Stamp Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 97) and the Inland Revenue Repeal Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c. 99) were passed at the same time to amend and consolidate the law that had evolved over the last century relating to stamp duty and other inland revenue. [5]
An Act to explain and amend an Act made in the last Session of Parliament, [b] intituled, "An Act for repealing an Act made in the Twenty-second Year of His present Majesty, intituled, 'An Act for charging a Stamp Duty upon Inland Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, or other Notes, payable otherwise than upon Demand, and for granting new Stamp ...
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]
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 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 (Repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict.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 ...
An Act to regulate the collection of stamp duties, &c. The whole Act. 55 Geo. 3 c. 184 Stamp Act 1815: An Act for repealing the stamp duties on deeds, &c. Sections 1, 3 to 20, both inclusive, 29, 30, and 31; section 2, except so far as it relates to the duties contained in the 3rd part of the Schedule and to licences to bankers and pawnbrokers.