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  2. Registered mail - Wikipedia

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    A registered parcel sent from India to the UK with electronic barcode registration. Registered mail is a postal service in many countries which allows the sender proof of mailing via a receipt and, upon request, electronic verification that an article was delivered or that a delivery attempt was made. Depending on the country, additional ...

  3. Television licensing in the Republic of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    The physical licence is a document issued by An Post. In Ireland, a television licence is required for any address at which there is a television set. Since 2016, the annual licence fee is €160. [1] Revenue is collected by An Post, the Irish postal service. The bulk of the fee is used to fund Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ), the state ...

  4. MAS Electronic Payment System - Wikipedia

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    The MAS Electronic Payment System, or MEPS in short, is an SGD -only online interbank payment and fund transfer system in Singapore. [1] It went online in July 1998, and is owned and operated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The irrevocable transfer of funds and the real-time nature of transfers are some of the key features of MEPS ...

  5. Value-added tax - Wikipedia

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    A value-added tax ( VAT or goods and services tax ( GST ), general consumption tax (GCT) ), is a consumption tax that is levied on the value added at each stage of a product's production and distribution. VAT is similar to, and is often compared with, a sales tax. VAT is an indirect tax because the consumer who ultimately bears the burden of ...

  6. Revenue stamps of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The first revenue stamps used in the United Kingdom were impressed duty stamps issued by the Kingdom of England following the introduction of Stamp Duty in the Stamps Act 1694. [1] This was An act for granting to Their Majesties several duties on Vellum, Parchment and Paper for 10 years, towards carrying on the war against France (5 & 6 Will.

  7. Knight's fee - Wikipedia

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    Such a holding was termed a sub-fee. It can thus be seen that the knight's fee was the base unit of land valuation for use in the feudal system. See also. Examples of feudalism for historic examples of knight's fees; Seigneurialism; References. Sally Harvey, "The Knight and the Knight's Fee in England", Past and Present, No. 49. (Nov., 1970 ...

  8. Stamp duty in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Stamp duty land tax (SDLT) is a tax on land transactions in England and Northern Ireland. It was introduced by the Finance Act 2003. It largely replaced stamp duty with effect from 1 December 2003. SDLT is not a stamp duty, but a form of self-assessed transfer tax charged on "land transactions".

  9. Google - Wikipedia

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    In January 2016, Google reached a settlement with the UK to pay £130m in back taxes plus higher taxes in future. In 2017, Google channeled $22.7 billion from the Netherlands to Bermuda to reduce its tax bill. In 2013, Google ranked 5th in lobbying spending, up from 213th in 2003. In 2012, the company ranked 2nd in campaign donations of ...