explicit tax — A tax specifically collected by a government; includes income, withholding, property , sales, and value added taxes and tariffs . Bloomberg Financial Dictionary … Financial and business terms
Tax patent — A tax patent is a patent that discloses and claims a system or method for reducing or deferring taxes. Tax patents are granted predominantly in the United States but can be granted in other countries as well. [ [http://www.delphion.com/details?pn … Wikipedia
Tax protester 861 argument — The 861 argument is a statutory argument used by tax protesters in the United States, which interprets a portion of the tax code as invalidating certain applications of income tax. The argument has uniformly been held by courts to be incorrect,… … Wikipedia
United Kingdom corporation tax — Throughout this article, the unqualified term pound and the £ symbol refer to the United Kingdom pound. Taxation in the United Kingdom This article is part of the series: Politics and government of the United Kingdom Central government … Wikipedia
Poll tax — A poll tax, head tax, or capitation is a tax of a uniform, fixed amount per individual (as opposed to a percentage of income). When a corvée is commuted for cash payment, in effect it becomes a poll tax (and vice versa, if a poll tax obligation… … Wikipedia
Excise tax in the United States — Excise tax, sometimes called an excise duty, is a type of tax. In the United States, the term excise means: (A) any tax other than a property tax or capitation (i.e., an indirect tax, or excise, in the constitutional law sense), or (B) a tax that … Wikipedia
Working tax credit — (WTC), is a component of the current tax credits scheme in the United Kingdom part of the system of means tested social security benefits. The related component of the scheme is the Child tax credit (CTC). Tax credits were introduced in their… … Wikipedia
gift tax — a tax imposed on the transfer of money or property from one living person to another by gift, payable by the donor. * * * a levy imposed on gratuitous transfers of property i.e., those made without compensation. Provisions for such taxes… … Universalium
government budget — Forecast of governmental expenditures and revenues for the ensuing fiscal year. In modern industrial economies, the budget is the key instrument for the execution of government economic policies. Because government budgets may promote or retard… … Universalium
Chancellorship of Gordon Brown — Gordon Brown speaking at the annual World Bank/IMF meeting in 2002. Gordon Brown served as a British chancellor of the exchequer from 2 May 1997, when the Labour Party returned to power for the first time in 18 years, to 27 June 2007, when he… … Wikipedia
Subsidies in India — This article provides information on government subsidies in India.IntroductionA subsidy, often viewed as the converse of a tax, is a potent welfare augmenting instrument of fiscal policy. Derived from the Latin word ‘subsidium’, a subsidy… … Wikipedia