A government tax, for example on petrol, alcohol or imports (4)

I believe the answer is:

duty

(Other definitions for duty that I've seen before include "Official obligation" , "Service - tax - office" , "Cancel (a law)" , "Service - tax - obligation" , "form of tax" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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