Severall particulars shewing the many great conveniences of receiving the imposition or excise at the Custome-house, by way of impost, upon all goods and merchandize imported.:

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Title: Severall particulars shewing the many great conveniences of receiving the imposition or excise at the Custome-house, by way of impost, upon all goods and merchandize imported.:
Publication: [London :: s.n.,; 1650]
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Subject terms: Excise tax -- England; Customs administration -- England
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III. In reference to Inland Traders.

1. INland Traders will be free from Officers, tickets, fines, penalties, and the like, as before is expressed.

2. They would also be at liberty after duty paid, to dispose of their Goods at all times and seasons, as their occasions shall require, which now they cannot do, the want of which is much prejudiciall, burthensome, and very vexatious, to all Tradesmen, to their great discouragement and losse of Trade.

3. Hereby will be prevented that great and intolerable evil, and ruining, both to Merchants and Tradesmen, which they groan under, by reason that the Offi∣cers of the Excise, under pretences, and upon occasion, do make a deeper inspe∣ction into all mens Trades, and thereby a very great advantage to themselves, both in buying and selling, above any other; the Trader being forced to discover the quality of his goods, the places where, and persons to whom he sells; and of whom and at what prizes he buyes, whereby the whole manner of their trades have been discovered and taken up, by the Officers of the Excise, and others, who before that time traded not at all; those who did, yet not in severall of those commodities they now trade in; to the very great prejudice of very many eminent Tradesmen, that bear a very great share in the publick charge.

4. Both Merchants and Tradesmen shall be free from that daily charge and trouble, they are now at, in the sending for tickets, and Officers to the Excise Office.

Object. And whereas some have objected, that if the Excise should be secured at the Custome-house, it will much exhaust the stock of the Merchant; and that the Merchant will be in hazard, to make bad debts of the Excise, as well as of the principall.

Answ. It is answered, the Merchant selleth generally for ready money, there∣fore the Excise will be paid unto him before it be due to be paid to the State, and so the Merchant is freed from that hazard he pretendeth, when he shall receive the Excise upon the sale of his goods; and the Inland trader giveth great credit, and usually selleth at long time; So that it is the Inland trader, that bears the burthen of the Excise, and his stock is thereby exhausted, and not the stock of the Merchant.