stamp tax

noun

a tax whose revenue is derived from the sale of stamps that are required to be affixed to certain retail merchandise and legal documents.

First recorded in 1815–25

There is at present a stamp tax of two cents on each hundred dollars value, or fraction thereof, figured on each separate lot.

He obliged them to register the two edicts for the impt, territorial, and stamp-tax.

The edict for the stamp tax has been the subject of reiterated orders and refusals to register.

My letter by the packet informed you of the bed of justice, for enregistering the stamp tax and land tax.

He was a strong advocate of prerogative and in 1756 advised the ministry to impose a stamp tax in America.

April 23, 2024inveterate

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