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The Assessed Taxes Act 1840 is an Act of Parliament passed in Victorian England. The abridgement of the Act is shown dated 29 July 1839; the previous Act expired on 5 April the following year. [ 1 ] The Act was amended again in 1841, 1845, 1851 and 1854.
An Act to make certain Provisions and Regulations in respect to the Exercise, within England and Ireland, of their Office by the Bishops and Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Scotland; and also to extend such Provisions and Regulations to the Bishops and Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America; and ...
The Friend of the People; & his Petty New Tax Gatherer paying John Bull a visit (1806), James Gillray. The history of taxation in the United Kingdom includes the history of all collections by governments under law, in money or in kind, including collections by monarchs and lesser feudal lords, levied on persons or property subject to the government, with the primary purpose of raising revenue.
In order to understand the character of English finance in the Middle Ages, it is essential to constantly bear in mind the identification of the king with the state.. Although feudalism was, in one aspect, a powerful instrument for the division of political authority, the particular form in which the Conqueror introduced it to England nevertheless enabled the fiscal rights of the crown to be ...
Pensions in the United Kingdom, whereby United Kingdom tax payers have some of their wages deducted to save for retirement, can be categorised into three major divisions – state, occupational and personal pensions. The state pension is based on years worked, with a 35-year work history yielding a pension of £203.85 per week. [1]
The Income Tax Act 1842 [1] (5 & 6 Vict. c. 35) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, passed under the government of Robert Peel, which re-introduced an income tax in Britain, at the rate of 7 pence (2.9%, there then being 240 pence in the pound) in the pound on all annual incomes greater than £150. It was the first imposition of ...
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16 September – Joseph Strutt hands over the deeds and papers concerning the Derby Arboretum, which is to become England's first public park. 30 September – Foundation of Nelson's Column laid in London, [2] Trafalgar Square being laid out (as a hectare) and paved during the year. [8]