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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.
A non-domiciled UK resident earning less than £2,000 in a year outside the UK does not pay tax on this unless it is transferred to the UK. This would apply to the typical person taking up a temporary job in the UK, being paid, and paying tax on it, in the UK, with possible additional small earnings in the home country.
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The beginnings of the Inland Revenue date from 1665, when a Board of Taxes was set up following the introduction of special taxes to pay for the Second Anglo-Dutch War.A central organisation to supervise the collection of the special taxes was required; it became known as the Tax Office.
The history of the English fiscal system affords the best known example of continuous financial development in terms of both institutions and methods. Although periods of great upheaval occurred from the time of the Norman Conquest to the beginning of the 20th century, the line of connection is almost entirely unbroken.
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.
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At the time of its introduction in 1999, the reduced tax rate of 10% applied to incomes between £4,335 and £5,835 [5] (equivalent to £9,489 to £12,772 in 2023) and was the only income tax paid by 1.8 million of the lowest earners. [3] By early 2008, the 10% tax rate had been raised to apply to income between £5,225 and £7,455. [6]