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> On Jun 10, 2015, at 12:40 AM, p...@trigpoint.me.uk wrote: > >> On Tue Jun 9 16:26:36 2015 GMT+0100, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: >> >> you can use them universally for payments of government taxes and fees, >> typically you have to stick them onto forms or other documents to make them >> valid. > Tax_stamp sounds good, I have never heard of a UK equivalent. > The name for them is revenue_stamp http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue_stamp "Tax" is a surcharge on another service (sales tax) - this for a fee paid directly for a service - which is revenue for the government agency accepting the money. It is also proof that a fee has been paid (you have the stamp!) so they are sometimes affixed to non-paperwork objects (alcohol bottles,etc) to prove that the proper payment has been made to the proper agency regulating the good before sale - where sales tax would then be applied. Javbw. > Phil (trigpoint) > -- > Sent from my Jolla > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
