real property transfer tax

  • 1Real estate transfer tax — is a tax that may be imposed by states, counties, or municipalities on the privilege of transferring real property within the jurisdiction. Total transfer taxes range from very small (for example, .01% in Colorado) to relatively large (2.2% in… …

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  • 2Transfer tax — A transfer tax is a tax on the passing of title to property from one person (or entity) to another.In a narrow legal sense, a transfer tax is essentially a transaction fee imposed on the transfer of title to property. This kind of tax is… …

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  • 3transfer tax — n: a tax (as a gift tax or estate tax) imposed on the transfer of property Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. transfer tax …

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  • 4transfer tax — noun any tax levied on the passing of title to property • Hypernyms: ↑tax, ↑taxation, ↑revenue enhancement • Hyponyms: ↑inheritance tax, ↑estate tax, ↑death tax, ↑death duty * * * …

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  • 5transfer tax — A tax upon the passing of the title to property or a valuable interest therein out of or from the estate of a decedent, by inheritance, devise, or bequest. See estate tax inheritance tax unified transfer tax Tax on the transfer of property,… …

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  • 6property — prop·er·ty n pl ties [Anglo French propreté proprieté, from Latin proprietat proprietas, from proprius own, particular] 1: something (as an interest, money, or land) that is owned or possessed see also asset, estate, interest …

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  • 7Real estate — Property lawReal estate is a legal term (in some jurisdictions, notably in the USA, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia) that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings, specifically property that is …

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  • 8Tax system in China — Taxes provide the most important revenue source for the Government of the People s Republic of China. As the most important source of fiscal revenue, tax is a key economic player of macro economic regulation, and greatly affects China s economic… …

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  • 9tax — 1 vt [Medieval Latin taxare to assess for taxation, tax, from Latin, to assess, value, fix] 1: to assess or determine judicially the amount of (costs of an action in court) 2: to levy a tax on tax the corporation tax capital gains tax·er n tax 2 …

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  • 10Property — is any physical or virtual entity that is owned by an individual. An owner of property has the right to consume, sell, mortgage, transfer and exchange his or her property.cite web|url=http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/property.html|titl… …

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