Record revealed
Request for compensation for the Boston Tea Party
On 16 December 1773, 340 chests of tea were thrown into Boston harbour by protesting colonists. This letter from the East India Company requests reimbursement.
Series
HM Treasury: Public Finance, Fiscal Policy Group, Direct Tax Division (FP1): Records...
Catalogue reference: T 604
What's it about?
T 604
This series covers policy and operational work on general taxation policy, direct taxation (including Corporation Tax, Stamp Duty, and taxation relating to North Sea exploration) and parliamentary aspects of taxation. There are also records...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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T 604
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Title (The name of the record)
- HM Treasury: Public Finance, Fiscal Policy Group, Direct Tax Division (FP1): Records (DT and RDE prefixes)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1981-1998
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series covers policy and operational work on general taxation policy, direct taxation (including Corporation Tax, Stamp Duty, and taxation relating to North Sea exploration) and parliamentary aspects of taxation. There are also records present on the bilateral negotiations between HM Treasury and those government departments with revenue functions.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Files are arranged chronologically in file prefix order.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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DT and RDE prefixes
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Treasury, 1667-1667
- Treasury, Budget and Public Finances Directorate, 1995-1995
- Treasury, Public Services Sector, 1975-1983
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1244 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2016 Treasury
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Government finances
- Taxation
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
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1981 to 1998
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The DT (Direct Taxation) prefix was created in 1983 by the Direct Tax Division (under the Fiscal Policy Group and thereunder the Domestic Economy Command sector - later known as Public Finance sector).
The DT prefix was terminated in 1994. From 1987, part of the DT prefix was hived off to become the RDE (Revenue Departments Expenditure) prefix. RDE prefix was created by the Fiscal Policy Division (under the Fiscal Policy Group and there under the Public Finance sector). From 1992 the Tax Policy Division (under the Public Finance sector and, from 1994, the Fiscal and Monetary Policy sector) created these records. RDE prefix terminated in 1997.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14458160/
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HM Treasury: Public Finance, Fiscal Policy Group, Direct Tax Division (FP1): Records (DT and RDE prefixes)
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