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: Fiscal Policy Division and successors: Inland Revenue (IR file prefix):...
Catalogue reference: T 612
What's it about?
T 612
The records comprise of control of expenditure in the Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise; management of the Budget and Finance Bill; general tax policies and direct and indirect taxation policies.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- T 612
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Title (The name of the record)
- HM Treasury: Fiscal Policy Division and successors: Inland Revenue (IR file prefix): Registered Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1989-1997
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records comprise of control of expenditure in the Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise; management of the Budget and Finance Bill; general tax policies and direct and indirect taxation policies.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The records are arranged chronologically and in file reference 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)
- IR
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Treasury, Budget and Public Finances Directorate, 1995-1995
- Treasury, Fiscal and Monetary Policy Directorate, 1994-1995
- Treasury, Public Finance, 1984-1994
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 89 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- 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 2019 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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- The records were held by HM Treasury at 1 Horse Guards Road, SW1 until 1999. Thereafter, the records were held by a third party contractor
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1991 to 1997
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- RCP section 3.1.1 - the government's management of the UK economy
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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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In 1989, the Fiscal Policy Division was formed, which was situated under the Public Finance (sector). This changed in 1992, to the Tax Policy Division, which was situated under the Fiscal Policy Group and there under the Public Finance (sector). In 1994, the Public Finance (sector), was replaced by the Fiscal and Monetary Policy (sector). In 1995, the responsibility changed to the Tax Administration (group), which was situated under the Budget and Public Finances Directorate (sector).
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14732007/
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