Abstract
To discover the reasons for the introduction of Pitt’s Income Tax Bill, it is necessary to go back to the debates on the assessed taxes, which took place in the previous year.
Anno Tricesimo Nono Georgii III. Regis.
CAP. XIII
An Act to repeal the Duties impofed by an Act, made in the laft Seffion of Parliament, for granting an Aid and Contribution for the Profecution of the War; and to make more effectual Provifion for the like Purpofe, by granting certain Duties upon Income, in lieu of the faid Duties.
[9th January 1799]
Moft Gracious Sovereign,
We, your Majefty’s moft dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament affembled, being defirous to raife an ample Contribution for the Profecution of the War; and taking Notice that the Provifions made for that Purpofe, by an Act of the laft Seffion of Parliament, intituled, An Act for granting to His Majefty an Aid and Contribution for the Profecution of the War, have in fundry Inftances been greatly evaded, …
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Rayman, R.A. (2013). The Assessed Taxes. In: Toxic Economic Theory, Fraudulent Accounting Standards, and the Bankruptcy of Economic Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-30450-6_11
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