land tax
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It is in charge of doling out city-owned land, tax incentives and financing subsidies for large-scale development projects in the city.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
He argues that a land tax is an efficient way of raising revenue because land is in fixed supply, visible and identifiable, and cannot leave the country.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The Bengali calendar emerged under the 16th-century Mughal emperor Akbar by combining Islamic and solar Hindu calendars to facilitate land tax collection.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 14, 2022
To bankroll the programmes, Lee proposed a carbon tax and a national land tax scheme to increase taxes for all property holders and cut transaction costs.
From Reuters ● Sep. 13, 2021
The public accounts had been put in order, and the abuses in the collection of the land tax removed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various
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