Wallpaper tax

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The wallpaper tax was a property tax introduced in Great Britain in 1712, during the reign of Queen Anne. Patterned, printed, or painted wallpaper was initially taxed at 1d per square yard, rising to 1s (£3.24 as of 2016),^[1] by 1809. The tax was bypassed by purchasing untaxed plain paper and having it hand stenciled. The tax was abolished in 1836.^[2]^[3]

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Notes

↑ UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Gregory Clark (2015), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)" MeasuringWorth.
↑ Parissien 1995, p. 192
↑ Jeff Howell (31 Jul 2002). "On the level: building tax". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2010.

Bibliography

Parissien, Steven (1995), The Georgian House, Aurum Press, ISBN 978-1-85410-370-3

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Wallpaper tax

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