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A leaflet explaining the Community Charge (the so-called "poll tax"), Department of the Environment, April 1989. The Community Charge, commonly known as the poll tax, was a system of local taxation introduced by Margaret Thatcher's government whereby each taxpayer was taxed the same fixed sum (a "poll tax" or "head tax"), with the precise amount being set by each local authority.
The Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.. The Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher was committed to the reform of local government finance; the solution decided upon by the mid-1980s was the introduction of the per-capita community charge – informally called the poll tax – and the abolition of the previous ...
Vehement national opposition to the poll tax (which was especially strong in the north of England and Scotland) was the most important factor in its abolition. An opinion poll conducted in 1990 indicated that 78% of those polled and who expressed an opinion gave preference to alternative means of taxation.
A poll tax, also known as head ... The new tax replaced the rates in Scotland from the start of the 1988/89 financial year and in England and Wales from the start of ...
Alba Party MP Kenny MacAskill also said that broadcasters were failing in their obligation to Scottish viewers. Paywall on Scotland national men’s football matches ‘poll tax’ on Scots, MP ...
Council Tax is a local taxation system used in England, Scotland and Wales. It is a tax on domestic property, which was introduced in 1993 by the Local Government Finance Act 1992, replacing the short-lived Community Charge (also known as "poll tax"), which in turn replaced the domestic rates.
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The Scottish Government’s draft budget will be published on Tuesday, with reports suggesting a new tax bracket could be created for higher earners. Tax rises in Scotland would be ‘very ...