Author: [ Garnett, William ]
Title: A Guide To The Property And Income Act, 5 And 6 Vict. Cap. 35 - With Forms Of Proceeding, Cases Of Illustration, Explanatory Notes And Tables Of Calculation
Description: printed by W Clowes & Sons, Stamford Street for Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1842, 1st edition. Paperback, P+. x+178pp, printers wraps, spine missing & upper cover & title detached, wrappers grubby. Paperback , no dustjacket. ¶ A guide to the The Income Tax Act 1842, passed under the government of Robert Peel, which re-introduced an income tax in Britain. It was the first imposition of income tax in Britain outside of wartime. Although promoted as a temporary measure, income tax has been levied continually in Britain ever since. William Garnett [ 1793 - 1873 ] English civil servant who played a leading part in the introduction of the tax.

Keywords: politics, taxation, british history