Thread: The Budget
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Old 16-03-2005, 19:32   #71
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Re: The Budget
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Originally Posted by Flubflow
WTF is "Stamp" duty for anyway. Yeah, Ok, I know it is there to line the governments pockets like other taxes but it kinda sounds like some kind of contrived medieval window tax type thing. Its just daft.
From what was said on the news stamp duty was first introduced in the 17th century to help fund the Anglo - French war. It was a duty on any kind of written contract.
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