1st Edition

History of Income Tax the Development of Income Tax from its beginning in 1799 to the present day related to the social, economic and political history of the period

By b.e.v Sabine Copyright 1966
292 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

296 Pages
by Routledge

This classic book tells the story of the development of Income Tax from its beginning in 1799 to the present day and relates it to the social, economic and political history of the period. There have been studies of Income Tax at various stages in its growth; studies of finance and taxation in general in which Income Tax has been closely concerned; studies too of some of the Chancellors of the... Read more

introduction 9

{ensp}1. Life Without Income Tax 11

{ensp}2. The Tax that beat Napoleon 26

{ensp}3. The End and the Beginning 42

{ensp}4. The Giant from Repose 60

{ensp}5. Gladstonian Finance 75

{ensp}6. Taxation in Twilight 92

{ensp}7. Reprieve and Regeneration 109

{ensp}8. Taxation as a Social Instrument 125

{ensp}9. Trial by Battle – 1 140

10. Further Reforms and the Depression 157

11. Crisis, Evasion and Recovery 173

12. Trial by Battle – 2 189

13. Labour Theory and Conservative Practice 206

14. Reforms, Reductions and Avoidance 221

15. Today, Yesterday and Tomorrow 241

bibliography 255

index 261

Biography

b.e.v Sabine