| 单词 | purchase tax |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspurchase tax purchase tax n. a tax on sales of consumer goods; spec. one levied in Britain between 1940 and 1973 on the wholesale values of a wide range of goods, a higher rate being applied to luxuries. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [noun] > duty on goods bought or sold alcabala1595 purchase tax1883 sales tax1921 PT1958 1883 Landmark (Statesville, N. Carolina) 23 Feb. A bill to repeal the merchants' purchase tax. 1940 Act 3 & 4 Geo. VI c. 48 §18 A tax, to be called purchase tax, shall be charged,..on the wholesale value of all chargeable goods bought under chargeable purchases. 1947 J. Hayward Prose Lit. since 1939 10 The publishers..fought successfully to prevent the imposition of a purchase-tax on books. 1972 Times 27 Jan. 14/1 Ribena..was held not to be a drug or medicine and therefore not exempt from purchase tax. 1989 Independent (BNC) 7 Oct. Purchase tax on diesel-powered cars is reduced. < as lemmas |
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