 Duties on imported goods are of two kinds, Specific and Ad Valorem. A Specific duty is a certain sum per ton, hundred weight, pound, hogshead, gallon, square yard, foot, &c., without regard to its value.  Adam's New Arithmetic: Arithmetic, in which the Principles of Operating by ... - Page 226by Daniel Adams - 1848 - 312 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Calvin Townsend - United States - 1869 - 350 pages
...liquors, or to deal in any other commodities, is called excises, or excise taxes. § 8. Duties on imports are of two kinds, — specific and ad valorem. A specific duty is a certain sum of money charged by law at the custom-house where goods are landed, according to quantity or weight,... | |
 | Calvin Townsend - United States - 1869 - 396 pages
...liquors, or to deal in any other commodities, is called excises or excise taxes. 8. Duties on imports are of two kinds, — specific and ad valorem. A specific duty is a certain sum of money charged by law at the customhouse where goods are landed, according to quantity or weight,... | |
 | Samuel Read Hall - Vermont - 1871 - 284 pages
...upon persons or upon land. Indirect taxes include all taxes except those upon persons and land. Duties are of two kinds, specific and ad valorem. A specific duty is a duty of a certain sum on goods, according to their weight, measure, or Imlk. An ad valorem duty is... | |
 | Samuel Mecutchen, George Mornton Sayre - Arithmetic - 1877 - 200 pages
...government, called a Custom House, and a place containing a custom house is called a Port of Entry. Duties are of two kinds — Specific and Ad Valorem. A Specific Duty is a certain tax imposed upon an article without regard to the cost. An Ad Valorem Duty is a certain percentage... | |
 | William Guy Peck - Arithmetic - 1877 - 430 pages
...$680 300 150 600 00 00 00 00 Jan. 25. Feb. 15. 1873. To cash . . " " . . $250|00 60000 240. Duties are of two kinds, specific and ad valorem. A Specific Duty is a definite tax laid on a certain article without reference to its cost. An Ad Valorem Duty is a percentage... | |
 | California. State Board of Education - Arithmetic - 1887 - 300 pages
...object of duties is " protection to home industry." Find out what you can about "protection." Duties are of two kinds: specific and ad valorem. A specific duty is a charge on goods by weight, number, or measure without regard to value. An ad valorem duty is a per... | |
 | Asahel Norton Fitch - United States - 1889 - 236 pages
...cover such taxes. Another word of similar meaning, namely, customs, has come to be generally used. Duties on imported goods are of two kinds, specific and ad valorem. A specific duty is a tax levied on goods according to their quantity or weight, without regard to their value ; as six cents... | |
 | Silas Ellsworth Coleman - Arithmetic - 1897 - 180 pages
...tax on $ 27,500 ? DUTIES 41. The taxes levied on imported goods are called customs or duties. Duties are of two kinds : specific and ad valorem. A specific duty is a tax on goods according to weight, number, or measure, without regard to value. An ad valorem duty is... | |
 | George Chandler - Iowa - 1901 - 388 pages
...country, and also upon articles, usually luxuries, manufactured in the country. Duties. — Duties are of two kinds— specific and ad valorem. A specific duty is levied on goods without regard to value. An ad valorem duty is levied on goods at a certain per centage... | |
 | Robert Lansing, G. M. Jones - United States - 1902 - 268 pages
...everywhere. The Tariff. — Duties and imposts, also called " customs," are charges made upon imports, and are of two kinds — specific and ad valorem. A specific duty is a certain sum charged on each article, regardless of its cost or value, as so much per pound, gallon or yard. An... | |
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