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The Schedular system and Schedules A and D still remain in force for corporation tax. The highest rate of income tax peaked in the Second World War at 99.25%. It was then slightly reduced and was around 90% through the 1950s and 1960s. [citation needed] In 1971 the top rate of income tax on earned income was cut to 75%.
In 1974, around 750,000 people paid the higher (but not necessarily the top) rate of income tax. [11] Margaret Thatcher, who favoured indirect taxation, reduced personal income tax rates during the 1980s. [12] In the first budget after her election victory in 1979, the top rate was reduced from 83% to 60% and the basic rate from 33% to 30%. [13]
Between October 1940 and March 1973 the UK had a consumption tax called Purchase Tax, which was levied at different rates depending on an assessment of goods' luxuriousness. [4] Purchase Tax was applied to the wholesale price, introduced during World War II, initially at a rate of 33.3%. This was doubled in April 1942 to 66.6%, and further ...
The great productiveness of the tax is equally remarkable. From £5,600,000 in 1843 (with a rate of 7d.) the return rose to £32,380,000 in 1907–1908, having been at the maximum of £38,800,000 in 1902–1903, with a tax rate of 6 1 ⁄ 4 %. The income-tax thus supplies about one-fifth of the total revenue, or one-fourth of that obtained by ...
The level of ACT was linked to the basic rate of income tax between 1973 and 1993. The March 1993 Budget of Norman Lamont cut the ACT rate and tax credit to 22.5% from April 1993, and 20% from April 1994. [7] These changes were accompanied with a cut of income tax on dividends to 20%, while the basic rate of income tax remained at 25%.
The tax rates displayed are marginal and do not account for deductions, exemptions or rebates. The effective rate is usually lower than the marginal rate. The tax rates given for federations (such as the United States and Canada) are averages and vary depending on the state or province. Territories that have different rates to their respective ...
Ecotax, a tax of any kind intended to improve the environment. Franchise tax is a tax levied on the net worth of a corporation. Khums was a tax on items looted during war levied in Islamic States. Scutage was a tax levied in England. A person could pay scutage instead of serving in the military.
Pages in category "History of taxation in the United Kingdom" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .