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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. History of taxation in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Prior to the formation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 and the United Kingdom in 1801, taxation had been levied in the countries that joined to become the UK. For example, in England, King John introduced an export tax on wool in 1203 and King Edward I introduced taxes on wine in 1275. Also in England, a Poor Law tax was established in ...

  4. Rates in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Rates in the United Kingdom. Rates are a tax on property in the United Kingdom used to fund local government. Business rates are collected throughout the United Kingdom. Domestic rates are collected in Northern Ireland and were collected in England and Wales before 1990 and in Scotland before 1989.

  5. Pensioners' fears over paying income tax - AOL

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    Tax codes should be checked to make sure the correct rate of tax is being paid, because it should only be 20% on anything that puts total income above £12,570. Saritha Rao says she is trying to ...

  6. Property tax - Wikipedia

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    HK property tax payable = Net assessment value X Property tax standard rate Assessable value = Rental income + Premium + (Rental bad debt recovered — Irrecoverable rent) – Rates paid by owner. However, there are taxes that are ad valorem on the value of a property, which are rates and government rent. India

  7. Capital gains tax in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    From 1965 to 1988, most gains incurred a 30% rate of capital gains tax. In 1988, Conservative Chancellor Nigel Lawson aligned rates with those for income tax (where the top rate was 40% at the time) and this regime continued until 2008, when Gordon Brown changed the rate to 18% for all taxpayers.

  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. Taxation in medieval England - Wikipedia

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    Late medieval England (1360–1485) The revenues from the traditional sources of taxation declined in later medieval England, and a series of experiments in poll taxes began: [15] in 1377 a flat-rate tax, in 1379 a graduated tax. [16] By 1381, the unpopularity of these taxes had contributed to the Peasants' Revolt.