 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1866 - 356 pages
...certain sum on a particular kind of goods named. 333. Au AD VALOREM DUTY is a certain per cent, on the cost of the goods in the country from which they are imported B's tax on $400 • is §1.600 B's tax on 4 polls, at $1 .40, is $5.600 B's total tax is $15.200 2.... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1857 - 358 pages
...gallon, yard, &c., without regard to value. An AD VALOREM duty, (according to value), is a certain per cent, of the cost of the goods in the country from which they were imported. In reckoning duties, deductions are made from (he gross weight or measure. These are... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Arithmetic - 1871 - 350 pages
...collected t What is a •pecific duty I An Ad valorem Dnty is a certain per cent. paid on tbe actual cost of the goods in the country from which they are imported. Draft is an allowance for waste made in the weight of goods. Tare is an allowance made for the weight... | |
 | James Hamblin Smith, Thomas Kirkland - Arithmetic - 1877 - 376 pages
...goods. Duties are of tvro kinds, ad valorem and specific. AN AD VALOBEM duty is a certain percentage on the cost of the goods in the country from which they are imported. A SPECIFIC duty is a sum computed on the ton, yard, gallon, &c., without regard to the value of the... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1882 - 398 pages
...upon an article without regard to its value. 508. An Ad Valorem Duty is a tax at a certain rate on the cost of the goods in the country from which they are imported. 509. Tare is an allowance made for the weight of the box, cask, etc., containing the goods. It may... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1885 - 358 pages
...gallon, yard, &c., without regard to value. An AD VALOREM duty, (according to value), is a certain per cent, of the cost of the goods in the country from which they were imported. In reckoning duties, deductions are made from the gross weight or measure. These are... | |
 | Indiana. State Board of Education - 1886 - 360 pages
...kinds—Ad Valorem and Specific. ART. 289.—Ad Valorem Duty is a certain percentage assessed on the actual cost of the goods in the country from which they are imported. ART. 290.—Specific Duty is a tax assessed on the quantity of the goods. ART. 291.—Tare is a specified... | |
 | Christian Brothers - Arithmetic - 1888 - 484 pages
...viz. : ud valorem and specific. 62. An Ad Valorem, Duty is a tax estimated at a certain per cent. on the cost of the goods in the country from which they are imported. 63. A Specific Duty is a certain sum computed on the weight or measure of goods without regard to their... | |
 | Charles Austin Hobbs - Arithmetic - 1889 - 366 pages
...DUTIES. 125. Duties are taxes levied by the government on imported goods. An ad valorem duty is a certain per cent of the cost of the goods in the country from which they were imported. A specific duty is a tax levied upon goods according to the quantity, without reference... | |
 | Webster Wells - Arithmetic - 1893 - 390 pages
...the taxes can be collected, what are the net proceeds ? 302. Duties. An Ad Valorem Duty is levied at a certain rate per cent of the cost of the goods in the country from which they are imported. Tare is an allowance made for the weight of the box, cask, etc., containing the goods. Leakage is an... | |
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Duties are either specific, or ad valorem. A specific duty is a certain sum paid on a ton, hundred weight, yard, gallon, &c. 
