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Estate duty

Estate duty. A duty first levied by the (English) Finance Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 30), upon the principal value of all property, real or personal,

Income-tax

the year of the Crime an War, it rose to 1s. 4d., and in 1918 to 6s. The Finance Act, 1907 (7 Edw. 7, c. 13), for the first time differentiated (ss. 19 et seq.) between 'earned

Public authority

(ii) by any law made by the appropriate Government, and includes any other body owned, controlled or substantially financed by funds provided directly or indirectly by the appropriate Government. [Freedom of Information Act, 2002 (5 of 2003),

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Floating charge

a legal term, but it is well understood and is used in Acts of Parliament, e.g., the (English) Finance Act, 1915, s. 27, and may be said to denote a security which is an equitable charge on

Hire-purchase agreement

with liberal amount of working capital found it difficult to extend the scheme to many customers. Then the financiers came into the picture. The finance company would buy the goods from the dealer and let them to

Appropriate government

Appropriate government, means in relation to public authority which is established, constituted, owned, controlled or substantially financed by funds provided directly or indirectly-- (i) by the Central Government or the Union Territory administration, the Central

Settlement estate duty

estate duty. The further estate duty (see that title) levied under ss. 5 and 17 of the (English) Finance Act, 1894 (57& 58 Vict. c. 30) (Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Death Duties'), on settled property passing on the

Succession duties

ancestors or descendants, in cases where the duty on affidavit for probate had been paid; and the (English) Finance Act, 1894, by s. 1 directed that this duty should not be levied in respect of property chargeable

Financial Institution

Financial Institution, means a banking company to which the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 (10 of 1949) applies (including any

Undivided

Undeveloped land. A duty on the site value, if over 50l., of undeveloped land was imposed by the Finance Act, 1910. It was discontinued together with the other land value duties by s. 57 of the (English)

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