land tax

British

noun

(formerly) a tax payable annually by virtue of ownership of land, abolished in Britain in 1963

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The UK and Welsh governments will consult jointly on plans to devolve powers to Wales to allow for a vacant land tax.

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This covered her personal position in relation to council tax, stamp duty land tax, capital gains tax and inheritance tax.

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A number of MPs also favour a land tax.

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He also awarded them "substantial damages", including the stamp duty land tax, all the costs incurred by them in seeking to eradicate the infestation of moths, and £15,000 for ruined clothes.

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A consultation on carbon land tax on the largest estates will be launched over the summer, she confirmed.

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