impost

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• The primary aim was to prevent states from levying their own imposts or tariffs on foreign imports or upon goods shipped from one state to another, as occurred under the Articles of Confederation.

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• The authority for this massive spending comes from Article I, section 8 of the Constitution: "The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States...."

  Academic text (1996)

• The Impost measure was eventually adopted by twelve states.

  Academic text (2016)

• Congress sets the financial and budgetary policy; they have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises.

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• However, New York's Senate defeated the Impost by a vote of 11-7 on April 14th, 1785.

  Academic text (2016)

• The Impost of 1783 reveals the formalities the Confederation Congress employed when it requested that the states take official action.

  Academic text (2016)

• The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to "lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States."

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• Rather than complying with the request of Congress to approve the Impost, the New York House voted on February 17th to instruct the state's delegates in Congress to make a motion to call for a convention of states under very specific terms.

  Academic text (2016)

• I had forgotten; the main reason the taxes increased the rebelliousness of the colonies was not because of the amounts of the imposts and taxes on their commerce, but that these were being applied by the British Parliament (for the good of the Empire) instead of their local officials (whom they could influence).

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• The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts, and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States.

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Synonyms

C

custom

vsimpost

• Specialized

131 7.8

Money a government charges on goods brought into a country

is the same tax term but usually expressed as a shorter single word

D

duty

vsimpost

71 3.0

A tax you pay on goods brought into or sent out of a country

focuses on taxes under tariffs for goods entering or leaving a country

I

imposition

vsimpost

• Formal

16 6.1

An act of putting a new rule, tax, or limit in place for people to follow

is the actual tax collected on imports rather than the act of applying it

C

customs duty

vsimpost

1 3.5

A tax the government charges on goods brought into or sent out of a country

refers to the same tax but uses a single shorter word

Surface Forms

Etymology