Cobham had originally been a supporter of the government under Sir Robert Walpole, but a dispute over the controversial Excise Bill of 1733 had seen them join the opposition.

In 1729, he became Vice Admiral of Scotland, but lost the position on 5 May 1733, mainly because of his opposition to the Excise Bill of 1733 promoted by Prime Minister Robert Walpole.

The Excise Bill, the great premier's favourite measure, was vehemently opposed by him in the Lords, and by his three brothers in the Commons.

However, during the Excise Crisis of 1733, he failed to carry through a threat to resign, after being bought off with the promise to make him a Knight of the Garter, which he duly was.

* To nominate and to report to the Central People's Government for appointment the following principal officials: Secretaries and Deputy Secretaries of Departments, Directors of Bureaux, Commissioner Against Corruption, Director of Audit, Commissioner of Police, Director of Immigration and Commissioner of Customs and Excise ; and to recommend to the Central People's Government the removal of the above-mentioned officials ;

Shortly after the introduction of the ' Excise Act of 1823 ' ( or ' Walsh Act ') the first of these illicit stills came into official existence, with Glengoyne following later in 1833.

In 1678 Davenant was appointed Commissioner of the Excise, earning £ 500 per year ; taxes were collected using the “ farming system ”.

A year after taking office the PL under Sant replaced VAT by a similar indirect tax, the Customs and Excise Tax ( CET ).

In 1823, Parliament eased restrictions on licensed distilleries with the " Excise Act ", while at the same time making it harder for the illegal stills to operate, thereby ushering in the modern era of Scotch production.

In 1823, the UK passed the Excise Act, legalizing the distillation ( for a fee ), and this put a practical end to the large-scale production of Scottish moonshine.

Murdoch's isinglass replacement was so effective that in a court case brought by the British Customs and Excise Authorities, the noted Chemist, Sir Humphry Davy in answer to a question on whether it was " proper to be used for the purpose of fineing beer " testified that:

People who are exempt from Vehicle Excise Duty on the grounds of disability can cross for free.

During the development of the River Clyde as a main thoroughfare for goods, shipbuilding and smuggling, Millport was a strategic base for Customs and Excise.

Since 2003, the custom's office for Vestfold is located at Torp, and the Norwegian Customs and Excise Authorities has about fifty employees stationed.

* Excise tax ( tax levied on production for sale, or sale, of a certain good )

In 1669 Graham's maternal uncle, David Carnegie, Lord Lour, obtained him an appointment as a Commissioner of Excise and Justice of the Peace for Angus.

It was responsible for the collection of Value added tax ( VAT ), Customs Duties, Excise Duties, and other indirect taxes such as Air Passenger Duty, Climate Change Levy, Insurance Premium Tax, Landfill Tax and Aggregates Levy.

The combined Board of Customs and Excise was formed in 1909 by the transfer of responsibility for Excise from the Board of Inland Revenue.

In March 2004, the O ' Donnell review called for the merger of Customs and Excise with Inland Revenue ; in the 2004 Budget, Gordon Brown, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced that the merger would go ahead, and the merged was implemented by the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005.

Responsibility for excise taxes was transferred to the Board of Customs and Excise in 1909.

While these two titles do not seem to have provided either an income or any specific duties, he was also given the office of Commissioner and then Comptroller for the Excise in London, and later was made the Accountant General of the Excise, a position that made him responsible for a large portion of the King's revenue.

* Excise Tax Act, the governing legislation for Canada's Goods and Services Tax

* Centre for Customs & Excise Studies

He worked for HM Customs and Excise in Southend-on-Sea on the design of the VAT accounting system, then became an IT consultant, working in the USA, Finland and Canada, and for Abbey National until 1997.

: Section 16 ( 1 )( a ) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 ( c. 2 ) provided that it was an offence to, amongst other things, assault any person duly engaged in the performance of any duty or the exercise of any power imposed or conferred on him by or under any enactment relating to an assigned matter, or any person acting in his aid.

To reduce the risk of introducing rabies from continental Europe, the United Kingdom used to require that dogs, and most other animals introduced to the country spend six months in quarantine at an HM Customs and Excise pound ; this policy was abolished in 2000 in favour of a scheme generally known as Pet Passports, where animals can avoid quarantine if they have documentation showing they are up to date on their appropriate vaccinations.

Vehicle Excise Duty, a road use tax, is payable on some vehicles used on the public road.

Excise taxes are based on the quantity, not the value, of product purchased.

The county derived its revenue primarily from document filing fees at the Registries of Deeds and from a Deeds Excise Tax, a transfer tax assessed on the sales price of real estate that was also collected by the Registries of Deeds.

* Excise taxes, applied to a narrow range of products, such as gasoline or alcohol, usually imposed on the producer or wholesaler rather than the retail seller.

Excise tax on motor fuel 2008 – 2009:

Excise taxes on gasoline and diesel are collected both federal and provincial governments, as well as by some select municipalities ( Montreal, Vancouver, and Victoria ); with combined excise taxes varying from 16. 2 ¢/ L ( 73. 6 ¢/ imperial gal ; 61. 2 ¢/ US gal ) in the Yukon to 30. 5 ¢/ L ($ 1. 386 / imperial gal ; $ 1. 153 / US gal ) in Vancouver.

Excise as at 1 October 2010 totals 48. 524 cents per litre ($ 2. 206 / imperial gal ; $ 1. 837 / US gal ) on petrol.

His or Her Majesty's Excise duties are inland duties levied on articles at the time of their manufacture, such as alcoholic drinks and tobacco, but duties have also been levied on salt, paper and windows.

The Inland Revenue was merged with HM Customs and Excise to form HM Revenue and Customs which came into existence on 18 April 2005.

b ) The fixtures and fittings therein and the goodwill of the business of a licensed victualler therein and the benefit of the Magistrates and Excise Licenses for carrying on the said business.

Corporation tax is administered by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs ( HMRC ), which was formed from a merger of the Inland Revenue ( which previously administered corporation tax ) and Her Majesty's Customs and Excise on 18 April 2005.

Excise tax in the United States is an indirect tax on listed items.

Excise taxes were reintroduced on a wider range of items and income taxes ( later declared unconstitutional ) were introduced.

He shared in all the plots against the life of William, and after his removal from the Excise in 1692 wrote violent pamphlets against the government.

The government response was to commission several inconclusive reports ; the Salter Report of 1933 finally recommended that road transport should be taxed directly to fund the roads and increased Vehicle Excise Duty and fuel duties were introduced.

Thawla participated in the MNF-led state government, and was minister for Excise and Soil & Water conservation but later resigned because of a decrease in the number of cabinet ministers.

A few months later, one of King's appointees in the Department of Customs and Excise was revealed to have taken bribes, after which the Conservatives alleged that the corruption extended to the highest levels of government, including the prime minister.

* HM Customs and Excise, a department of the British government until 2005

In 1901, just after Federation, the new federal government passed the Beer and Excise act.

The Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 ( c 11 ) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which combined the Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise into a single government department, HM Revenue and Customs.

In the United Kingdom owners are required to pay Vehicle Excise Duty, which is paid to the government for a vehicle licence ( or tax disc ), which must be displayed on most motor vehicles used on public roads.

The Customs and Excise Department ( C & ED, ) is a government agency responsible for the protection of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region against smuggling ; the protection and collection of Government revenue on dutiable goods ; the detection and deterrence of drug trafficking and abuse of controlled drugs ; the protection of intellectual property rights ; the protection of consumer interests ; and the protection and facilitation of legitimate trade and upholding Hong Kong ’ s trading integrity.