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Taxation

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 418 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 08 Jan 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/51/16
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Letter from Robert Chalmers (Board of Inland Revenue) to Edward Marsh reporting that the Chancellor of the Exchequer [David Lloyd George] did not in 1909 favour the exemption of estates from estate duty for 25 years because the loss of revenue could not be afforded "in these spacious days of social reform.".

Dates: 08 Jan 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Mar 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/51/63
Scope and Contents Letter from Samuel Smethurst [president of the National Federation of Building Trades Employers of Great Britain and Ireland] (Coldhurst House, Longsight, Oldham, [Lancashire]) to WSC referring to his forthcoming meeting with WSC and enclosing and commenting on three documents on unemployment insurance [see CHAR 2/51/64-73]. Mentions his letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer [David Lloyd George] before the general election on amendments to the land tax clauses in the Finance Bill in...
Dates: 14 Mar 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Dec [1905]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/24/84
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Letter from J H Anderson (Lexham Gardens, [London]) to WSC congratulating him [on his appointment as Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies] and making suggestions for local taxation. Annotated in shorthand.

Dates: 17 Dec [1905]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Dec 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/10/64-66
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Letter from Sir Charles Trevelyan to WSC, on the possibility of him joining the Liberal Party, outlining the common ground between Unionist Free Traders and the Liberals, and also the differences such as Irish Home Rule, the liquor monopoly, local taxation, and state regulation of sweated industries.

Dates: 31 Dec 1903
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1910]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/46/137
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Letter from WSC to [Henry] Chaplin correcting WSC's reported statements on protective taxation quoted in a letter from Chaplin in the Times. Copy in WSC's hand. Annotated: "not sent".

Dates: [1910]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/31/3
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Leaflets issued by the Liberal Publication Department, covering the budget of 1907, land reform and small holdings, registration of voters and Conservative proposals for Tariff Reform and the abolition of income tax. 6 items.

Dates: 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Apr 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/31/4
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Printed circular letter issued by the Financial Reform Association (18 Hackins Hey, Liverpool) on the raising of revenue by direct and indirect taxation.

Dates: 25 Apr 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 9 Dec 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/2/43-45
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Copy of a letter from WSC (Treasury Chambers) to [4th Lord Salisbury, earlier Lord Cranborne, Lord Privy Seal] in response to [Salisbury's] paper including: discussion of capitalism, the effect of death duties to mitigate against the creation of the "idle rich", and his belief that the rich are already taxed as much as possible.Unsigned typescript.

Dates: 9 Dec 1924
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Nov 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/7/64-66
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (Chartwell) to Sir Horace Hamilton [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] querying figures: reduced revenue from McKenna duties; whether increased consumption and taxation have been accompanied by increased production and depletion of capital reserves; whether levels of saving have been reduced given the rise in unemployment. He concludes by asking Hamilton to forecast figures.Typescript signed with initials annotated by WSC "Sir Warren Fisher [Permanent Secretary, Treasury]...
Dates: 16 Nov 1924
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Nov 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/7/79
Scope and Contents Memorandum by Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance, Treasury] to WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, commenting on the balance sheet: discussing the effct of reductions in fighting services; estimating higher revenues from the Inland Revenue than forecast; and concluding that the balance sheet is likely to be plus £10-15 millions.Annotated "If the Navy is to be given a blank cheque (which is its demand), Britannia rules the waves is about all there will be left to rule."Typescript signed...
Dates: 25 Nov 1924
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Apr 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/7/150-164
Scope and Contents Copy of a letter from the Chancellor of the Exchequer [WSC] to King George V about his budget proposals. He explains that the budget has two main objectives: to provide security for the wage earning population against misfortune and to encourage the "enterprise of the nation" by remission of income taxes; that the 1925 budget is based on tax revenue of £826 million set against expenditure of £799.5 million; proposals to increase estate duty and taxes on luxury goods and to re-introduce the...
Dates: 23 Apr 1925
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 7 Jan 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/30A/16-23
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Copy of a minute from WSC to Sir Richard Hopkins [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue] asking his "Committee of Five" to consider a revolutionary scheme to separate coprporate and investment income, treat earned income more favourably, and levy income and super tax on investment income by means of a national register. He ends by summarising the advantages of this scheme and discussing the establishment of the register.Carbon typescript.

Dates: 7 Jan 1926
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Oct 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/30B/309-314
Scope and Contents Memorandum from WSC to Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance, Treasury] seeking advice about the effect of a reduction or increase in income tax on gilt edged government stock, specifically the correspondence between the rise of the stock and reduction in tax; the impact on consumers of raised taxation; consumption as an indicator of prosperity; and National Debt. He concludes "To sum up, a reduction in taxation is the greatest economic service which a state can render to the population...
Dates: 28 Oct 1926
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Jan 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/36/1-13
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Carbon copy of WSC's proposal for the betting tax.

Dates: 10 Jan 1926
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Oct 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/37/28
Scope and Contents Letter from Pembroke Wicks (Conservative and Unionist Central Office, Palace Chambers, Bridge Street, Westminster, [London]) to John Davidson [Parliamentary Secretary, Admiralty] about likely political embarrassment over the Betting Tax, asking him to try and ensure that Sir Horace Hamilton [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] has information available for the public, especially that the licenses cannot "operate as a cloak for dishonest bookmakers", and asking for advance copies of the...
Dates: 12 Oct 1926
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Nov 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/37/41-42
Scope and Contents Copy of a letter from Sir Horace Hamilton [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] to Sir John Anderson [later 1st Lord Waverley, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Home Office] about betting duty offences, explaining that WSC would like there to be minimal change in prosecutions and administration of the betting laws following the introduction of the tax, so that cases of illegal betting houses would be prosecuted but government departments will need to work together to establish which...
Dates: 13 Nov 1926
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Jan 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/40/55-58
Scope and Contents Memorandum from WSC to Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance, Treasury] marked "Private & Personal To be returned" on subjects including: conversion; the addition of £37 million to the national debt; contrast to the freedom from debt in Germany and France; and WSC's view that the Treasury will be criticised for favouring a 'rentier' class over 'social, moral or manufacturing' interests. He ends by asking Niemeyer to prepare proposals for using forced loans and government bonds as part...
Dates: 26 Jan 1927
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Jun 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/64/3-13
Scope and Contents Copy of a letter from WSC to Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, marked "secret and personal" on the need to "dominate events lest we be submerged by them", reflecting on achievements of the government but predicting bleak prospects for the next year as the government has not been successful, his own efforts to reduce expenditure have failed, the Factory and Poor Law Bills and Franchise will not support them, and advising that a constructive measure is needed. He seeks Baldwin's support for...
Dates: 06 Jun 1927
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Apr 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/71/10-16
Scope and Contents Memorandum from WSC to Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance, Treasury] on the economic position of Germany and Great Britain and the negative impact of the rigid policy of the Bank of England, high taxation, poor trade and high unemployment. WSC argues that the policy is unsatisfactory on social, industrial and political grounds; that Germany is in a healthier economic state and that the allies may need to reduce the reparations burden on Germany and that misleading conclusions will be...
Dates: 20 Apr 1927
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 29 May 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/75/72
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Copy of a minute from WSC to Sir Ernest Gowers [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue] on opposition amendments to the Finance Bill, seeking figures to show that the majority of the relief will go to the industries where profits are lowest and unemployment is highest.Carbon typescript. Unsigned.

Dates: 29 May 1928
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Apr [1929]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/100/186-187
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Handwritten note from ?FG to James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] enclosing typewritten figures on indirect taxes and percentages of total tax revenue from 1913/14- proposed figures for 1929/30 with a note on the figures for sugar, tea, cocoa, coffee and matches.Annotated [by WSC] "Keep."

Dates: 13 Apr [1929]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 8 Apr 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/101/42-43
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Letter from Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton] (Chester Square [London]) to [WSC] on WSC's budget which he describes as "an absolutely first-class fighting Budget" and making observations on policies which will support the Conservative election campaign, specifically relief for "publicans and the Bookies", and the removal of tea duty, modernisation and support for industry and the development of markets in the Empire.Signed manuscript.

Dates: 8 Apr 1929
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Oct 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/106/14-15
Scope and Contents Copy of a letter from [Sir] Horace Hamilton [Permanent Secretary, Board of Trade] to [Sir Warren] Fisher [Permanent Secretary, Treasury] about proposals for a development board and for state assistance with trade and industry. He explains that subsidies will not help put British industry on a 'proper economic basis', and would hinder progress, and that the President of the Board of Trade [Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister, earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton] believes that duties...
Dates: 16 Oct 1928
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [14 Jul 1903]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/39/8
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Letter from Beatrice Webb (later Lady Passfield), 41 Grosvenor Road, Westminster Embankment, London, to WSC, on working class feeling against taxes on food and its relation to the growth of socialism, recommending that he should consult Eduard Bernstein of Berlin.

Dates: [14 Jul 1903]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Feb 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/42/11-12
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Letter from General Sir Bindon Blood, Rawalpindi, India, to WSC, on the Indian Army, and on the "fiscal controversy" in Britain.

Dates: 15 Feb 1904
Conditions Governing Access: Open