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Taxation in the United Kingdom may involve payments to a minimum of two different levels of government: the central government (HM Revenue and Customs) and local government.

Central government revenues come primarily from income tax, National Insurance contributions, value added tax, corporation tax and fuel duty. Local government revenues come primarily from grants from central government funds, business rates in England and Wales, Council Tax and increasingly from fees and charges such as those from on-street parking. In the fiscal year 2007-08, total government revenue was 39% of GDP, with net taxes and National Insurance contributions standing at 37% of GDP[1]—approximately £600 billion (using 2008 nominal GDP measured in dollars, and converting using 2009 conversion rate).

History

A uniform land tax was introduced in England during the late 17th century. This formed the main source of government revenue throughout the rest of the 17th century, the 18th century and the early 19th century.[2]

Napoleonic wars

Income tax was announced in Britain by William Pitt the Younger in his budget of December 1798 and introduced in 1799 (Duties on Income Act 1799), to pay for weapons and equipment in preparation for the Napoleonic Wars. Pitt's new graduated (progressive) income tax began at a levy of 2 old pence in the pound (1/120) on incomes over £60 (£5,143 as of 2015),[3] and increased up to a maximum of 2 shillings (10%) on incomes of over £200 (£17,145 as of 2015),[3]. Pitt hoped that the new income tax would raise £10 million, but actual receipts for 1799 totalled just over £6 million.[4]

Income tax was levied under five schedules. Income not falling within those schedules was not taxed. The schedules were:

Later a sixth Schedule, Schedule F (tax on United Kingdom dividend income) was added.

Pitt's income tax was levied from 1799 to 1802, when it was abolished by Henry Addington during the Peace of Amiens. Addington had taken over as prime minister in 1801. The income tax was reintroduced by Addington in 1803 when hostilities recommenced, but it was again abolished in 1816, one year after the Battle of Waterloo.

Considerable controversy was aroused by the malt, house and window, and income taxes. The malt tax was easy to collect from brewers; even after it was reduced in 1822, it produced over 10% of government's annual revenues through the 1840s. The house tax mostly hit London townhouses; the window tax mostly hit up-scale country manors.[5]

Peel's income tax

The income tax was reintroduced by Sir Robert Peel in the Income Tax Act 1842. Peel, as a Conservative, had opposed income tax in the 1841 general election, but a growing budget deficit and Peel's intention to reduce tariffs to stimulate free trade required a new source of funds. The new income tax of 7d in the pound (about 3%), based on Addington's model, was imposed on incomes above £150 (£12,320 as of 2015),[3].[2]

Modern rules

Originally taxation of a person's income took effect regardless of who was beneficially entitled to that income (i.e. who really got the money), but now a person owes tax only on income to which he or she is beneficially entitled. Most companies were taken out of the income tax net in 1965 when corporation tax was introduced. These changes were consolidated by the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970. Also the schedules under which tax is levied have changed. Schedule B was abolished in 1988, Schedule C in 1996 and Schedule E in 2003. For income tax purposes, the remaining schedules were superseded by the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005, which also repealed Schedule F completely. For corporation tax purposes, the Schedular system was repealed and superseded by the Corporation Tax Act 2009 and Corporation Tax Act 2010. The highest rate of income tax peaked in the Second World War at 99.25%. It was slightly reduced after the war and was around 90% through the 1950s and 60s.

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 top rate on that income at 90%. In 1974 this cut was partly reversed, and the top rate on earned income raised to 83%. With the investment income surcharge this raised the top rate on investment income to 98%, the highest permanent rate since the war. This applied to incomes over £20,000 (£181,858 as of 2015),[3]. In 1974, as many as 750,000 people were liable to pay the top-rate of income tax.[6] Margaret Thatcher, who favoured indirect taxation, reduced personal income tax rates during the 1980s.[7] 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%.[8] The basic rate was also cut for three successive budgets - to 29% in the 1986 budget, 27% in 1987 and to 25% in 1988.[9] The top rate of income tax was cut to 40% in the 1988 budget.The investment income surcharge was abolished in 1985.

Subsequent governments reduced the basic rate further, down to its present level of 20% in 2007.Since 1976 (when it stood at 35%) the basic rate has been reduced by 15 percentage points. However, this reduction has been largely offset by increases in national insurance contributions and value added tax.

In 2010 a new top rate of 50% was introduced on income over £150,000. A predictable result of this was for people to disguise their income, resulting in revenue to the Exchequer decreasing.[10] In the 2012 budget this rate was cut to 45%.

Business rates were introduced in England and Wales in 1990, and are a modernised version of a system of rating that dates back to the Elizabethan Poor Law of 1601. As such, business rates retain many previous features from, and follow some case law of, older forms of rating. The Finance Act 2004 introduced an income tax regime known as "pre-owned asset tax" which aims to reduce the use of common methods of inheritance tax avoidance.[11]

  1. ↑ "A brief history of HM Customs and Excise".
  2. ↑ Land Tax Act 1834
  3. ↑ managed by Board of Inland Revenue
  4. ↑ Stamp Act 1694 (5 & 6 Will. & Mar. c. 21)
  5. ↑ Inland Revenue Board Act 1849
  6. ↑ "A brief history of income tax".
  7. ↑ Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005
  8. ↑ managed by Board of Customs and Excise
  9. ↑ replacing Purchase Tax, managed by Board of Customs and Excise

Overview

Income tax forms the single largest source of revenues collected by the government. The second largest source of government revenue is National Insurance Contributions. The third largest source of government revenues is value added tax (VAT), and the fourth-largest is corporation tax.

Residence and domicile

Pie chart showing the projected constituents of UK taxation receipts for the tax year 2008-2009, according to the 2008 Budget

United Kingdom source income is generally subject to UK taxation no matter the citizenship nor the place of residence of the individual nor the place of registration of the company.

For individuals this means the UK income tax liability of one who is neither resident nor ordinarily resident in the UK is limited to any tax deducted at source on UK income, together with tax on income from a trade or profession carried on through a permanent establishment in the UK and tax on rental income from UK real estate.

Individuals who are both resident and domiciled in the UK are additionally liable to taxation on their worldwide income and gains. For individuals resident, but not domiciled in the UK (a "non-dom"), foreign income and gains have historically been taxed on the remittance basis, that is to say, only income and gains remitted to the UK are taxed (for such people the UK is sometimes called a tax haven). However from 6 April 2008, a (long term [resident 7 of previous 9 years]) non-dom wishing to retain the remittance basis is required to pay an annual tax of £30,000.[12]

UK domiciled individuals who are not resident for three consecutive tax years are not liable for UK taxation on their worldwide income, and those who are not resident for five consecutive tax years are not liable for UK taxation on their worldwide capital gains. Anyone who stays in the UK for Domicile here is a term with a technical meaning. Very roughly (and this is a considerable simplification) an individual is domiciled in the UK if she or he was born in the UK or if the UK is her or his permanent home, and is not a UK domicile if she or he was born outside of the UK and does not intend to remain permanently.

A company is resident in the UK if it is UK-incorporated or if its central management and control are in the UK (although in the former case a company could be resident in another jurisdiction in certain circumstances where a tax treaty applies).

Double taxation of income and gains may be avoided by an applicable double tax treaty - the UK has one of the largest networks of treaties of any country.[13][14]

Examples of non-dom status

Most migrant workers (including those from within the EEA) would classify as non-doms. However, since the non-dom exemption applies only to income sourced from outside of the UK, the majority of people making use of the tax exemption are wealthy individuals with income from outside of the UK (e.g. from foreign savings). Typical such individuals include senior company executives, bankers, lawyers, business owners and international recording artists.

The tax year

The tax year is sometimes also called the Fiscal Year. The Financial Year, used mainly for corporation tax purposes can be chosen by each company, and typically runs from 1 April to 31 March. Financial Year 2011 runs from 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011, as Financial Years are named according to the calendar year in which they end.

The British personal tax year runs from 6 April to 5 April. The start of the tax year has been 25 March according to the Julian calendar since medieval times. In 2100 the Gregorian calendar will skip 29 February and the tax year will become 7 April to 6 April thereafter, if legislation is not changed.[15]

Personal taxes

Income tax

UK income tax and National Insurance charges (2010-11).
UK income tax and National Insurance as a percentage of taxable pay (2010-11).

Income tax is the single largest source of government revenue, making up about 30% of the total, followed by National Insurance contributions at around 20%.[16]

Each person has an income tax personal allowance, and income up to this amount in each tax year is free of tax. For the 2015-16 tax year, the tax-free allowance for under-65s with income less than £100,000 is £10,600.

Any income above the personal allowance is taxed using a number of bands:

2015-16[17][18]
Rate Dividend income Savings income Employment and other income Income bracket
(above tax-free allowance)
Starting rate for savings - 0% - £0 - £5,000
Basic rate 10% 20% 20% £0 - £31,785
Higher rate 32.5% 40% 40% £31,786 - £150,000
Additional rate 37.5% 45% 45% Over £150,000

For every £2 earned above £100,000, £1 of the personal allowance is lost. This means for incomes between £100,001 and £121,200 the marginal income tax rate is 60%.[19]

The taxpayer's income is assessed for tax according to a prescribed order, with income from employment using up the personal allowance and being taxed first, followed by savings income (from interest or otherwise unearned) and then dividends.

Foreign income of United Kingdom residents is taxed as United Kingdom income, but to prevent double taxation the United Kingdom has agreements with many countries to allow offset against United Kingdom tax what is deemed paid abroad. These deemed amounts paid abroad are not necessarily as much as actually paid.[20]

Rental income on a property investment business (such as a buy to let property) is taxed as other savings income, after allowing deductions including mortgage interest. The mortgage does not need to be secured against the property receiving the rent, subject to a maximum of the purchase prices of the property investment business properties (or the market value at the time they transferred into the business). Joint owners can decide how they divide income and expenses,[21] as long as one does not make a profit and the other a loss. Losses can be brought forward to subsequent years.

History

The "starting rate" of income tax, set at 10%, was the lowest band from 1999 to 2008. It was introduced by Chancellor Gordon Brown in his 1999 budget,[22] and mostly abolished in his last budget as Chancellor in 2007,[23] since when it has only applied to savings income, and then only for people with very little other income.

The highest "additional rate" was introduced in April 2010 at 50%, and reduced to 45% in April 2013.[24]

Exemptions

UK central government expenditure projection for tax year 2009-2010, according to the 2009 Pre-Budget Report.

Certain investments carry a tax favoured status including:

While all income is taxable, gains are exempt for income tax purposes.

Certain investments via the state owned National Savings scheme are not subject to tax including Index linked Certificates (up to £15,000 per issue) and Premium Bonds, a scheme that issues monthly prizes in place of interest on individual holdings up to £30,000.

Interest is paid tax-free, no additional tax is payable on dividends and Capital Gains Tax is not paid, nor can capital losses be applied to other gains outside the ISA. There is no overall limit on how much a person can have invested in ISA accounts, but additional investments are currently limited to £15,240 per person per year: this can be split between cash funds and either to mutual funds (Units Trusts and OEICs) or individual self-selected shares and a broad range of other investments.[25]

These have the same tax treatment as ISAs in terms of growth. Full tax relief is also given at the individual's marginal rate on contributions or, in the case of an employer contributions, it is treated as an expense and is not taxed on the employee as a benefit in kind. Aside from a tax free lump sum of 25% of the fund, benefits taken from pension funds are taxable.

Investments in smaller companies or funds of holdings in such companies. These qualify for 30% Income Tax relief which must be repaid if the shares are sold within five years. Subject to Inheritance Tax. Dividends are not taxable and they are not subject to CGT but losses can be applied to other gains to reduce liability.

Investments into smaller company shares or funds holding them that qualify for 30% Income Tax relief. Not subject to CGT but losses can be applied to other gains or Income Tax to reduce liability. The facility also allows an individual to defer capital gains liabilities (these gains can be stripped out in future years using the annual CGT allowance.) Not subject to Inheritance Tax from two years after purchase. Dividends are taxable. Minimum three year holding period for most benefits. The related Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme offers 50% tax relief.

These include offshore and onshore investment bonds issued by insurance companies. The main difference between the two is that corporation tax paid by the onshore bond means that gains in the onshore bond are treated as if basic rate tax has been paid (this cannot be reclaimed by zero or starting rate tax payers). With both versions up to 5% for each complete year of investment can be taken without an immediate tax liability (subject to a maximum total of 100% of the original investment). On this basis, investors can plan an income stream while deferring any chargeable withdrawals until they are on a lower rate of tax, are no longer a United Kingdom resident, or their death.

Trusts can be offshore if all trustees are non-resident. Such trusts can own foreign-operated companies. Corporation tax rates can be lower in some countries and where we still have double taxation treaties. However, since anti-avoidance rules have been introduced for taxation of trusts, these structures are not advantageous for someone who will remain resident.

Many holdings and income from them are exempt for "historical reasons". These include:

Inheritance tax

Inheritance tax is levied on "transfers of value", meaning:

  1. the estates of deceased persons;
  2. gifts made within seven years of death (known as Potentially Exempt Transfers or "PETs");
  3. "lifetime chargeable transfers", meaning transfers into certain types of trust. See Taxation of trusts (United Kingdom).

The first slice of cumulative transfers of value (known as the "nil rate band") is free of tax. This threshold is currently set at £325,000 (tax year 2015-16)[29] and has recently failed to keep up with house price inflation with the result that some 6 million households currently fall within the scope of inheritance tax. Over this threshold the rate is 40% on death or 36 per cent if the estate qualifies for a reduced rate as a result of a charitable donation.[29] Since October 2007, married couples and registered civil partners can effectively increase the threshold on their estate when the second partner dies - to as much as £650,000 in 2015-16. Their executors or personal representatives must transfer the first spouse or civil partner's unused Inheritance Tax threshold or 'nil rate band' to the second spouse or civil partner when they die.[29]

Transfers of value between United Kingdom-domiciled spouses are exempt from tax. Recent changes to the tax brought in by the Finance Act 2008 mean that nil-rate bands are transferable between spouses to reduce this burden - something which previously could only be done by setting up complex trusts.

Gifts made more than seven years prior to death are not taxed; if they are made between three and seven years before death a tapered inheritance tax rate applies. There are some important exceptions to this treatment: the most important is the "reservation of benefit rule", which says that a gift is ineffective for inheritance tax purposes if the giver benefits from the asset in any way after the gift (for example, by gifting a house but continuing to live in it).

Council Tax

Main article: Council Tax

Council tax is the system of local taxation used in England,[30] Scotland[31] and Wales[32] to part fund the services provided by local government in each country. It was introduced in 1993 by the Local Government Finance Act 1992, as a successor to the unpopular Community Charge ("poll tax"), which had (briefly) replaced the Rates system. The basis for the tax is residential property, with discounts for single people. As of 2008, the average annual levy on a property in England was £1,146.[33] In 2006/2007 council tax in England amounted to £22.4 billion[34] and an additional £10.8 billion in sales, fees and charges,[35]

Sales taxes and duties

Value added tax

The third largest source of government revenues is value added tax (VAT), charged at 20% on supplies of goods and services. It is therefore a tax on consumer expenditure.

Certain goods and services are exempt from VAT, and others are subject to VAT at a lower rate of 5% (the reduced rate, such as domestic gas supplies) or 0% ("zero-rated", such as most food and children's clothing).[36] Exemptions are intended to relieve the tax burden on essentials while placing the full tax on luxuries, but disputes based on fine distinctions arise, such as the notorious "Jaffa Cake Case" which hinged on whether Jaffa Cakes were classed as (zero-rated) cakes—as was eventually decided—or (fully taxed) chocolate-covered biscuits. Until 2001, VAT was charged at the full rate on unused sanitary towels.[37]

It was introduced in 1973, in consequence of Britain's entry to the European Economic Community, at a standard rate of 10%. In July 1974, the standard rate became 8%, and from October that year petrol was taxed at a new higher rate of 25%. In the budget of April 1975 the higher rate was extended to a wide range of "luxury" goods. In the budget of April 1976 the 25% higher rate was reduced to 12.5%. On 18 June 1979, the higher rate was scrapped and VAT set at a single rate of 15%. In 1991 this became 17.5%, though when domestic fuel and power was added to the scheme in 1994, it was charged at a new, lower rate of 8%.[38] In September 1997 this lower rate was reduced to 5%, and was extended to cover various energy-saving materials (from 1 July 1998), sanitary protection (from 1 January 2001), children's car seats (from 1 April 2001), conversion and renovation of certain residential properties (from 12 May 2001), contraceptives (from 1 July 2006) and smoking cessation products (from 1 July 2007).

On 1 December 2008, VAT was reduced to 15%, as a reaction to the late-2000s recession, by Chancellor Alistair Darling.

On 1 January 2010 VAT returned to 17.5%.

On 4 January 2011 VAT was raised to 20% by Chancellor George Osborne, where it remains.

Excise duties

Excise duties are charged on, amongst other things, motor fuel, alcohol, tobacco, betting and vehicles.

Stamp duty

Stamp duty is charged on the transfer of shares and certain securities at a rate of 0.5%. Modernised versions of stamp duty, stamp duty land tax and stamp duty reserve tax, are charged respectively on the transfer of real property and shares and securities, at rates of up to 4% and 0.5% respectively.[39]

Motoring taxation

Motoring taxes include: fuel duty (which itself also attracts VAT), and vehicle excise duty. Other fees and charges include the London congestion charge, various statutory fees including that for the compulsory vehicle test and that for vehicle registration, and in some areas on-street parking (as well as associated charges for violations).

Business taxes

Corporate Tax

UK corporate tax revenue as a percentage of GDP compared to the OECD and the EU 15.

Corporation tax is a tax levied in the United Kingdom on the profits made by companies and on the profits of permanent establishments of non-UK resident companies and associations that trade in the EU.

Corporation tax forms the fourth-largest source of government revenue (after income, NIC, and VAT). Prior to the tax's enactment on 1 April 1965, companies and individuals paid the same income tax, with an additional profits tax levied on companies. The Finance Act 1965[40] replaced this structure for companies and associations with a single corporate tax, which borrowed its basic structure and rules from the income tax system. Since 1997, the United Kingdom's Tax Law Rewrite Project[41] has been modernising the United Kingdom's tax legislation, starting with income tax, while the legislation imposing corporation tax has itself been amended; the rules governing income tax and corporation tax have thus diverged.

Business rates

Business rates is the commonly used name of non-domestic rates, a United Kingdom rate or tax charged to occupiers of non-domestic property. Business rates form part of the funding for local government, and are collected by them, but rather than receipts being retained directly they are pooled centrally and then redistributed. In 2005/06, £20 billion was collected in business rates, representing 4.4% of the total United Kingdom tax income.[42]

Business rates are a property tax, where each non-domestic property is assessed with a rateable value, expressed in pounds. The rateable value broadly represents the annual rent the property could have been let for on a particular valuation date according to a set of assumptions. The actual bill payable is then calculated using a multiplier set by central government, and applying any reliefs.[43]

Business and personal taxes

Some taxes are, depending on the circumstances, paid by both individuals and companies and government

National Insurance contributions

Main article: National Insurance

The second largest source of government revenues is National Insurance contributions (NICs). NICs are payable by employees, employers and the self-employed and in the 2010-2011 tax year £96.5 billion was raised, 21.5% of the total collected by HMRC.[44]

Employees and employers pay contributions according to a complex classification based on employment type and income. Class 1 (employed persons) NIC is charged at several rates depending on various income thresholds and a number of other factors including age, the type of occupational pension scheme contributed to by the employee and/or employer and whether or not the employee is an ocean-going mariner. Certain married women who opted to pay reduced contributions (in return for reduced benefits) prior to 1977 retain this right for historical reasons.

Employers also pay contributions on many benefits in kind provided to employees (such as company cars), and on tax liabilities met on behalf of employees via a "PAYE Settlement Agreement".

There are separate arrangements for self-employed persons, who are normally liable to Class 2 flat rate NIC and Class 4 earnings-related NIC, and for some voluntary sector workers.

Capital gains tax

Capital gains are subject to tax at 18 or 28% (for individuals) or at the applicable marginal rate of corporation tax (for companies).

The basic principle is the same for individuals and companies - the tax applies only on the disposal of a capital asset, and the amount of the gain is calculated as the difference between the disposal proceeds and the "base cost", being the original purchase price plus allowable related expenditure. However, from 6 April 2008, the rate and reliefs applicable to the chargeable gain differ between individuals and companies. Companies apply "indexation relief" to the base cost, increasing it in accordance with the Retail Price Index so that (broadly speaking) the gain is calculated on a post-inflation basis (with different rules apply for gains accrued prior to March 1982). The gain is then subject to tax at the applicable marginal rate of corporation tax.

Individuals are taxed at a flat rate of 18% (or since 22 June 2010, 28% for higher rate taxpayers) with no indexation relief. However, if claiming Entrepreneurs' Relief the rate remains 10%. Capital losses from prior years can be brought forward.

Expenditure on a business (such as a property business) made by an individual can be claimed as an allowance against Capital Gains. Whether expenditure is claimable against income (potentially reducing income tax) or capital (potentially reducing capital gains tax) depends on whether there was improvement of the property: if there was none, it is against income; if there was some, then it is against capital.

Transfers between spouses or between civil partners do not crystallise a capital gain, but instead transfer the purchase price (book cost). Otherwise, transfers made as gifts are treated for CGT purposes as being made at the market value at the date of transfer.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Public Finances Databank". HM Treasury. 2008-08-21. pp. C1. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Stephen Dowell, History of Taxation and Taxes in England (Routledge, 2013)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Gregory Clark (2014), "What Were the British Earnings and Prices Then? (New Series)" MeasuringWorth.
  4. ↑ "A tax to beat Napoleon". HM Revenue & Customs. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
  5. ↑ Allen Horstman, "'Taxation in the Zenith': Taxes and Classes in the United Kingdom, 1816-1842," Journal of European Economic History (2003) 32#1 pp 111-137.
  6. ↑ IFS: Long-Term trends in British Taxation and Spending
  7. ↑ Thatcher Economics
  8. ↑ "Economy: 1979 Budget (Howe 1)". margaretthatcher.org.
  9. ↑ "Economy: 1988 Budget (Lawson 5)". margaretthatcher.org.
  10. ↑ Winnett, Robert (12 December 2012). "Two-thirds of millionaires disappeared from official statistics to avoid 50p tax rate". The Daily Telegraph (London).
  11. ↑ REV BN 40: Tax Treatment Of Pre-Owned Assets
  12. ↑ "Tax on foreign income". hmrc.gov.uk.
  13. ↑
  14. ↑ "[ARCHIVED CONTENT] HM Revenue & Customs: Error page could not be found". hmrc.gov.uk.
  15. ↑ "Why does the British tax year start on 6th April?". The Guardian (London).
  16. ↑ "HM Revenue & Customs: Class1NICs-Session Ended". hmrc.gov.uk.
  17. ↑ "Rates and allowances: Income Tax". HM Revenue & Customs. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
  18. ↑ "UK Tax Rates 2015". scopulus.co.uk.
  19. ↑ "BBC News Arcticle Covering 2011 Budget including UK Marginal Tax rates". BBC. 2011-01-31.
  20. ↑ "Tax treaties". hmrc.gov.uk.
  21. ↑ http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/bulletins/tb2.htm#anchor44570
  22. ↑ "Budget 1999: budget report:Chapter 4 - Increasing Employment Opportunity". HM Treasury.
  23. ↑ "Budget 2007: report". HM Treasury.
  24. ↑ "Q&A: Return of the 50p top rate of income tax?". BBC News.
  25. ↑ http://www.moneysupermarket.com/c/savings/isas/guide#How-much-invest
  26. ↑ Kay, Richard (19 April 2014). "Palace fear over Queen's tax bill". Daily Mail (London).
  27. ↑ Wintour, Patrick (1 December 2009). "David Cameron tells Zac Goldsmith to end 'non-dom' tax status". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  28. ↑ Taxation of Charities and Non-profit Organisations, James Kessler QC and Oliver Marre, 9th edition (2013)
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 "Inheritance Tax". www.gov.uk.
  30. ↑ Communities and Local Government - Council Tax: The Facts
  31. ↑ Council Tax in Scotland Scottish Government publications
  32. ↑ Council Tax a guide Valuation Office Agency
  33. ↑ Average council tax and % change 1999-00 to 2008-09 Communities and local government - figures released 27 March 2008
  34. ↑ Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Statistical Release: Levels of council tax set by local authorities in England 2006/07, 2006 cited by.
  35. ↑ Communities and Local Government in Local Government Finance Statistics: Revenue Outturn Service Expenditure Summary 2006/07. cited by
  36. ↑ "Introduction to VAT". HM Revenue & Customs. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
  37. ↑ "VAT Notice 701/18: women's sanitary protection products". hmrc.gov.uk.
  38. ↑ Peter Victor (30 July 1995). "A brief history of VAT". The Independent (London). Retrieved 13 January 2011.
  39. ↑ "Stamp Duty Land Tax Rates From 23/03/06 including archived Budget and Finance Bill information". HM Revenue & Customs. 2006-03-23. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
  40. ↑ "Finance Act 1965 (c. 25), from UK Statute Law Database". UK Statutory Publications Office, Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 2007-05-09.
  41. ↑ "[ARCHIVED CONTENT] HM Revenue & Customs: Tax Law Rewrite". hmrc.gov.uk.
  42. ↑ Public Finances Databank (Section C4), HM Treasury - Percentage based on Net taxes & NICs conts.
  43. ↑ The rates bill - How is it calculated?, mybusinessrates.gov.uk
  44. ↑ "HM Revenue and Customs receipts" (PDF). hmrc.gov.uk. Retrieved 2011-11-11.

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