sales tax — n: a tax levied on the sale of goods and services that is usu. calculated as a percentage of the purchase price and collected by the seller Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. sales tax … Law dictionary
goods — I noun appurtenances, articles of commerce, assets, belongings, chattels, commodities, consumer durables, durables, effects, items, materials, paraphernalia, personal estate, possessions, produce, products, property, resources, staples, stock,… … Law dictionary
Sales taxes in the United States — are a tax added onto the price of goods or services that are purchased in the United States. A sales tax is a tax on consumption, which is displayed as a percentage of the sale price. Sales taxes are assessed by every state except Alaska,… … Wikipedia
Sales tax — Cash register receipt showing sales tax … Wikipedia
UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods — (CISG) International An international treaty signed in 1980 that was developed by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). It sets out uniform rules for the international sale o … Law dictionary
Goods and Services Tax (Hong Kong) — Goods and Services Tax (GST) was a proposed Value Added Tax in Hong Kong. Consultation over a period of nine months was launched on 2006 07 19 and stirred considerable controversy.It launched a fierce debate amongst local taxpayers, lawmakers,… … Wikipedia
law — [lɔː ǁ lɒː] noun 1. [singular, uncountable] LAW the whole system of rules that citizens of a country must obey: • It is against the law (= illegal ) for children to work before they are fifteen. • There were easy profits for businessmen who were… … Financial and business terms
Goods and Services Tax (Canada) — The Canadian Goods and Services Tax (GST) (French: Taxe sur les produits et services, TPS) is a multi level value added tax introduced in Canada on January 1, 1991, by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and finance minister Michael Wilson. The GST… … Wikipedia
Law of value — The law of value is a concept in Karl Marx s critique of political economy. Most generally, it refers to a regulative principle of the economic exchange of the products of human work: the relative exchange values of those products in trade,… … Wikipedia
commercial law — n: the legal rules and principles bearing on commercial transactions and business organizations see also uniform commercial code in the important laws section Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
Law of one price — The law of one price is an economic law stated as: In an efficient market all identical goods must have only one price. The intuition for this law is that all sellers will flock to the highest prevailing price, and all buyers to the lowest… … Wikipedia