revenue stamp

A stamp affixed to an item as proof that a government tax has been paid.

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rev′enue stamp`

a stamp showing that a governmental tax has been paid.

[1860–65]

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Noun

revenue stamp - a small piece of adhesive paper that is put on an object to show that a government tax has been paid

stamp

piece of paper, sheet of paper, sheet - paper used for writing or printing

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'We have been facing acute shortage of revenue stamp papers for the last few months,' said Mohammad Ali, former president of Swabi Bar Association, while talking to this correspondent.

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Advocate Shahid Nawaz Buzdar told The Nation that foolscap size papers having revenue stamp of specific value such as Rs20, Rs50, Rs100 and Rs500 are important legal papers for transactions like buying, selling or renting of a property.

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An excise stamp is a type of revenue stamp affixed to some exciseable goods to indicate that the required excise tax has been paid by the manufacturer.

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Each revenue stamp is sold for 0.13 Philippine peso (0.0028 US dollar), a payment which goes to the state-run printing services firm, APO Production Unit Inc.

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He said that the importers have not been paying the revenue stamp duty to the national exchequer since 2010.

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For instance, adding the revenue stamp value to the telephone invoice (which is one form of indirect taxes being proposed) directly affects telecommunications cost.

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Val Culley, ACCA spokesperson for the West Midlands, said: 'Any purchaser of property must deliver a Land Transaction Return to the Inland Revenue Stamp Taxes Office within 30 days after the date of the transaction.

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Among her works available in English translation are Selected Poems (1982); Revenue Stamp (1976), her autobiography; and Black Rose (1968), a novel.

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