when surcharge was introduced?

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all the details regarding surcharge. why surcharge was introduced? what are the rates of surcharge for different Assessment years? suggestion to continue or remove surcharge in the forthcoming year?

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Answer 1

Difination of Surcharge
# An additional sum added to the usual amount or cost.

# An overcharge, especially when unlawful.
# An additional or excessive burden; an overload.

1. A new value or denomination overprinted on a postage or revenue stamp.
2. The stamp to which a new value has been applied.

With that difination you could say that the united states revolutation was based upon the revolt against a surcharge.
1765, the English Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which was the first tax imposed directly on the American colonies, and then Parliament imposed a tax on tea.

why a surcharge was introduced and removed.
Vietnam War 1965-1968
congress passes a ten percent income tax surcharge to defray the ballooning costs of the war. ...

Ten Percent Fuel Surcharge Added to Alaska Marine Highway .for fuel in both fiscal year '04 (ending June 30) and FY '05 (beginning July 1)

1988, the Louisiana Legislature established a $0.05 per month surcharge on all telephone access lines beginning September 1, 1988.

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