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1. ''Tax.''
1. ''Law - negligence.''


A tax levied on certain transactions rather than on profits or on income.
The legal duty of care is an obligation to take reasonable care to avoid causing damage to another party.


Duties include: import duties, excise duties, stamp duty and stamp duty land tax.
The legal duty of care generally arises when it is reasonably foreseeable that an act or omission is likely to cause damage.




2. ''Law and ethics.''
The range of other parties to whom the legal duty of care is owed depends on the relationship with them, and the circumstances.


A moral or legal obligation or responsibility.


2.  ''Ethics''.


==See also==
A similar and broader ethical obligation to take reasonable care in relation to potential harm to a wider group of parties, including ones to whom there may not necessarily be a legal obligation.
* [[Customs duty]]
 
* [[Duty of care]]
 
* [[European Customs Union]]
== See also ==
* [[Delict]]
* [[Duty]]
* [[Ethics]]
* [[Fiduciary duty]]
* [[Fiduciary duty]]
* [[Smuggling]]
* [[Negligence]]
* [[Stamp duty]]
* [[Negligent misrepresentation]]
* [[Stamp duty land tax]]
* [[Party]]
* [[Statutory duty]]
* [[Statutory duty]]
* [[Tariff]]
* [[Tort]]


[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Ethics]]
[[Category:Ethics]]

Latest revision as of 08:58, 15 July 2021

1. Law - negligence.

The legal duty of care is an obligation to take reasonable care to avoid causing damage to another party.

The legal duty of care generally arises when it is reasonably foreseeable that an act or omission is likely to cause damage.


The range of other parties to whom the legal duty of care is owed depends on the relationship with them, and the circumstances.


2. Ethics.

A similar and broader ethical obligation to take reasonable care in relation to potential harm to a wider group of parties, including ones to whom there may not necessarily be a legal obligation.


See also