History of Taxation and Taxes in England Volumes 1-4

Stephen Dowell

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781134569267
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

First published in 1965. This is four volumes in one text on Taxes and Taxation from the earliest times to the present day. The first volume looks at the history of taxation and tax in England, then Volume II the taxation period from the Civil War to the present day, volume II concerns itself with direct taxes and stamp duties; and finally Volume IV concludes with taxes on articles of consumption.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Contents
• VOLUME ONE
• Preface to the Second Edition
• New Introduction by A. R. Ilersic
• BOOK I. BEFORE THE NORMAN CONQUEST.
• BOOK II. FROM THE NORMAN CONQUEST TO THE SETTLEMENT OF THE FIFTEENTH AND TENTH. 1066–1334.
• CHAPTER I. THE REVENUE FROM DEMESNE.
• CHAPTER II. THE REVENUE FROM THE INCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES OF THE FEUDAL TENURES.
• CHAPTER III.THE COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
• CHAPTER IV. THE EXCHEQUER OF THE JEWS.
• CHAPTER V. DANEGELD AND CARUCAGE.
• CHAPTER VI. THE LAND TAX ON THE KNIGHT’S FEE, TERMED SCUTAGE.
• CHAPTER VII. TALLAGE.—THE TAXATION OF ROYAL DEMESNE.
• CHAPTER VIII. THE TAXATION OF MOVEABLES.
• CHAPTER IX. THE DUTIES AT THE PORTS.
• BOOK III. FROM THE SETTLEMENT OF THE FIFTEENTH AND TENTH IN 1334 TO THE CIVIL WAR, 1642.
• CHAPTER I. DIRECT TAXATION.
• PART II. DIRECT TAXATION UNDER THE TUDORS.
• PART III. DIRECT TAXATION UNDER THE STUARTS.
• CHAPTER II. THE DUTIES AT THE PORTS.
• PART II. THE DUTIES AT THE PORTS UNDER THE TUDORS.
• PART III. THE DUTIES AT THE PORTS UNDER THE STUARTS.
• CHAPTER III. EXACTIONS BY WAY OF BENEVOLENCE AND BY MEANS OF MONOPOLIES. THE TARIFF OF HONORS.
• CHAPTER IV THE SHIP WRITS.
• APPENDICES.
• I. THE ORDINANCE OF THE SALADIN TITHE, 1188. LATIN TEXT
• II. SOME PARTICULARS OF THE SCHEDULES OF ASSESSMENT FOR THE TAXES ON MOVEABLES. COLCHESTER, 1295 AND 1301
• III. FORM OF ORDINANCE FOR THE TENTH AND SIXTH, GRANTED IN 1322
• IV. THE SHIP-WRITS. PARTICULARS OF A WRIT OF THE SECOND ISSUE, 1635, FOR DORSETSHIRE. TO SHOW THE FORM OF THESE WRITS
• V. THE SHIP-WRITS. DISTRIBUTION OF SHIPS TO THE SEVERAL COUNTIES
• VOLUME TWO
• BOOK I. COMMENCEMENT OF TAXATION IN THE MODERN FORM. 1642—1688.
• CHAPTER. I. DURING THE TIMES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
• CHAPTER II. FROM THE RESTORATION TO THE REVOLUTION.
• BOOK II. TAXATION ON THE INCREASE. 1688—1815.
• CHAPTER I. FROM THE REVOLUTION TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION, INCLUDING THE SETTLEMENT OF IRELAND AND THE WAR WITH FRANCE.
• CHAPTER II. THE WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION.
• CHAPTER III. FROM THE PEACE OF UTRECHT TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE WAR OF THE RIGHT OF SEARCH, INCLUDING WALPOLE’S ADMINISTRATION.
• CHAPTER IV. THE WAR WITH SPAIN (RIGHT OF SEARCH) AND THE WAR OF THE AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION. FALL OF WALPOLE. THE WILMINGTON, PELHAM, AND NEWCASTLE ADMINISTRATIONS.
• CHAPTER V. THE SEVEN YEARS’ WAR.
• CHAPTER VI. THE TAXATION OF AMERICA.
• CHAPTER VII. THE WAR OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
• PART II.
• CHAPTER VIII. THE TIMES OF WILLIAM PITT—BEFORE THE GREAT WAR.
• CHAPTER IX. TAXATION DURING THE GREAT WAR.
• PART II. FROM THE PEACE OF AMIENS TO WATERLOO. 1802—1815.
• BOOK III. TAXATION IN THE ZENITH. 1815—1842.
• CHAPTER I. TAXATION IN 1815.
• CHAPTER II. FROM THE REPEAL OF THE INCOME TAX TO THE ABANDONMENT OF THE SINKING FUND, 1816–29.
• PART II. ROBINSON, HUSKISSON AND GOULBURN, 1822–1829.
• CHAPTER III. FROM THE ABANDONMENT OF THE SINKING FUND TO THE RE-IMPOSITION OF THE INCOME TAX, 1829–42.
• PART II. FROM THE REPEAL OF THE HOUSE TAX TO THE RE-IMPOSITION OF THE INCOME TAX. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER IN DIFFICULTIES.
• BOOK IV. THE REFORM OF TAXATION. 1842–1870.
• CHAPTER I. FROM THE RE-IMPOSITION OF THE INCOME TAX TO THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR WITH RUSSIA.
• CHAPTER II. THE SUSPENSION OF REFORM IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE WAR WITH RUSSIA.
• CHAPTER III. FROM 1860 TO 1870. COMPLETION OF REFORM IN THE PERIOD OF GREAT PROSPERITY.
• BOOK V. TAXATION DURING THE FIFTEEN YEARS, 1870–85.
• APPENDICES.
• I. REVENUE FROM SOURCES OTHER THAN TAXATION. 1. THE POST OFFICE ; 2. OTHER SOURCES
• II. THE NATIONAL EXPENDITURE, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES
• III. COST OF COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF REVENUE
• IV. THE MODE IN WHICH TAXES ARE GRANTED
• V. COST OF EACH WAR FROM 1688 TO 1869
• VI. AMOUNT OF NATIONAL DEBT ACCRUED FROM THE SEVERAL WARS
• VII. ADMINISTRATIONS, 1702–1885
• VIII. LIST OF THE COMMONWEALTH EXCISE
• IX. SCHEME OF THE TAX ON BURIALS, BIRTHS, AND MARRIAGES AND THE TAX ON BACHELORS
• X. CHARACTER OF SIR R. WALPOLE BY LORD CHESTERFIELD
• XI. STATE OF THE CUSTOMS LAWS IN 1784
• XII. ESTIMATED AGGREGATE REDUCTION OF CUSTOMS DUTIES BETWEEN 1835 AND 1853
• XIII. THE GROSS RECEIPT OF THE CUSTOMS REVENUE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM IN EACH YEAR FROM 1835 TO 1855
• VOLUME THREE
• BOOK I TAXES ON PERSONS
• CHAPTER I GENERAL TAXES POLL OR CAPITATION TAXES
• CHAPTER II TAXES ON SHOPKEEPERS
• CHAPTER III TAXES ON PARTICULAR PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES
• BOOK II TAXES ON PROPERTY
• CHAPTER I TAXES ON LAND AND PROPERTY, INCLUDING INCOME
• CHAPTER II THE TAXES ON SUCCESSIONS
• CHAPTER III THE TAX ON PROPERTY SOLD BY AUCTION. 1777—1845
• CHAPTER IV TAXES ON PROPERTY INSURED AGAINST LOSS BY FIRE OR AGAINST SEA RISK
• BOOK III TAXES ANALOGOUS TO A PROPERTY TAX
• CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY
• Abolition of the Assessed Taxes
• CHAPTER II TAXES ON HOUSEHOLDERS
• I—THE HEARTH-MONEY (1662–1688)
• CHAPTER III THE TAXES IN RESPECT OF DOMESTIC ESTABLISHMENTS, WITH OTHERS THAT RESEMBLE THEM IN PRINCIPLE
• PART II THE STAMP DUTIES
• CHAPTER I FROM THE ORIGINAL STAMP ACT OF 1694 TO THE GENERAL STAMP ACT OF 1815
• CHAPTER II FROM THE GENERAL STAMP ACT OF 1815 TO ‘ THE STAMP ACT, 1870 ’
• CHAPTER III SINCE THE STAMP ACT, 1870
• APPENDIX
• VOLUME FOUR
• BOOK I TAXES ON EATABLES
• CHAPTER I SALT
• CHAPTER II IMPORTED CORN, MORE PARTICULARLY WHEAT
• CHAPTER III IMPORTED CATTLE, SHEEP AND PIGS, MEAT, FRESH AND SALTED, BUTTER AND CHEESE
• CHAPTER IV SUGAR
• CHAPTER V PEPPER
• CHAPTER VI IMPORTED FRUIT
• CHAPTER VII OLIVE OIL, AND VINEGAR
• BOOK II. TAXES ON DRINKS
• PART I ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
• CHAPTER II WINE
• CHAPTER III SWEETS, MADE WINES, MEAD AND METHEGLIN
• CHAPTER IV SPIRITS
• CHAPTER V CIDER AND PERRY
• PART II NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS
• CHAPTER VII THE TAXES ON COFFEE AND CHICORY
• CHAPTER VIII THE TAX ON COCOA-NUTS
• BOOK III. THE TAX ON TOBACCO
• BOOK IV. TAXES ON ARTICLES OF CONSUMPTION OTHER THAN EATABLES, DRINKS, AND TOBACCO
• CHAPTER I TAXES ON MANUFACTURES
• CHAPTER II TAXES ON RAW MATERIALS
• APPENDIX
• I. Dealers’ licenses
• INDEX