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2. Smoking in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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   Shahab, Lion, and Robert West. "Public support in England for a total ban on the sale of tobacco products." Tobacco Control 19.2 (2010): 143-147. online "Smoking ban in the United Kingdom" (Centre for Public Impact, 2 Sept. 2019) online; Springfield, Lincoln. "The Tobacco War in Great Britain." The North American Review 174.547 (1902): 820-832 ...

3. History of taxation in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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   Prior to the formation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 and the United Kingdom in 1801, taxation had been levied in the countries that joined to become the UK. For example, in England, King John introduced an export tax on wool in 1203 and King Edward I introduced taxes on wine in 1275. Also in England, a Poor Law tax was established in ...

4. Taxman - Wikipedia

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   "Taxman" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1966 album Revolver. Written by the group's lead guitarist, George Harrison, with some lyrical assistance from John Lennon, it protests against the higher level of progressive tax imposed in the United Kingdom by the Labour government of Harold Wilson, which saw the Beatles paying a 95% supertax.

5. Inheritance tax in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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   In the United Kingdom, inheritance tax is a transfer tax.It was introduced with effect from 18 March 1986, replacing capital transfer tax.The UK has the fourth highest inheritance tax rate in the world, according to conservative think tank, the Tax Foundation, though only a very small proportion of the population pays it. 3.7% of deaths recorded in the UK in the 2020-21 tax year resulted in ...

6. Economic history of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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   Spending by the UK in the US, on everything from food to munitions, occupied 40% of total British war expenditure by 1916. The banking house J.P. Morgan & Co. won a concession in January 1915 to act as the sole purchasing agent for the Admiralty and War Department in the United States. $20 billion worth of trade was undertaken in this way by ...

7. Taxation in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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   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 overall top rate on that income at 90%. In 1974 the top tax rate on earned income was again raised, to 83%.