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  2. Taxation in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Tax revenues as a percentage of GDP for the UK in comparison to the OECD and the EU 15. In 1971, the top rate of income tax on earned income was cut to 75%. A surcharge of 15% on investment income kept the overall top rate on that income at 90%. In 1974 the top tax rate on earned income was again raised, to 83%.

  3. Tax equalization - Wikipedia

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    Tax equalization is a policy applied by some international companies under which employees who are hired in one country and later accept a (temporary) assignment in another country do not have their total after-tax ("take-home") compensation changed depending on the tax regimes of the country they move to.

  4. CREST (securities depository) - Wikipedia

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    CREST is a UK-based central securities depository that holds UK equities and UK gilts, as well as Irish equities and other international securities . It was named after its securities settlement system, CREST, and has been owned and operated by Euroclear since 2002. [1] The name CREST stands for Certificateless Registry for Electronic Share ...

  5. Structured settlement - Wikipedia

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    The structured settlement tax rules enacted by Congress lay down a bright line path for a structured settlement. Once the plaintiff and defense have settled the tort claim in exchange for periodic payments to be made by the defendant (or the defendant's insurer), the full amount of the periodic payments constitutes tax-free damages to the victim.

  6. Income Tax Act 2007 - Wikipedia

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    Revised text of statute as amended. The Income Tax Act 2007 ( c 3) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is the primary Act of Parliament concerning income tax paid by individual earners subject to the law of United Kingdom, and mostly replaced the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 .

  7. English Poor Laws - Wikipedia

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    Settlement Laws were altered by the Poor Removal Act 1795 which prevented non-settled persons from being moved on unless they had applied for relief. An investigation of the history and current state of the Poor Laws was made by Michael Nolan in his 1805 Treatise of the Laws for the Relief and Settlement of the Poor. The work would go on to ...

  8. Schedular system of taxation - Wikipedia

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    The schedular system of taxation is the system of how the charge to United Kingdom corporation tax is applied. [1] [2] It also applied to United Kingdom income tax before legislation was rewritten by the Tax Law Rewrite Project. Similar systems apply in other jurisdictions that are or were closely related to the United Kingdom, such as Ireland ...

  9. Planet (company) - Wikipedia

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    Planet. Planet (formerly known as Fintrax and Premier Tax Free), [1] is a financial services company, specialised in multicurrency payments, credit card processing, Hospitality and Retail Software and the management of VAT refunds (Tax-Free) for tourists. Planet provide their services to overseas visitors, international retail groups, hotels ...