land tax
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The EDC 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. 23, 2026
The Crown’s subsequent attempt to institute a land tax on aristocrats, who had previously been exempt from such assessments, resulted in broad resistance from social elites reluctant to surrender their traditional privileges.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
"One of which is perhaps a change in the land tax transaction level from 4% to 8%."
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2022
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
Though a development of the triple assessment, the income-tax was also connected with the permanent settlement of the land tax as a redeemable charge.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various
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