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
Customs and Excise: VAT/Car Tax Division and predecessor: Car Tax Files
Catalogue reference: CUST 140
What's it about?
CUST 140
This series contains records of the Purchase Tax Division and VAT/Car Tax Division comprising car tax policy files and examples of casework.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CUST 140
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Title (The name of the record)
- Customs and Excise: VAT/Car Tax Division and predecessor: Car Tax Files
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1949-1991
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records of the Purchase Tax Division and VAT/Car Tax Division comprising car tax policy files and examples of casework.
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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)
- TCT file series
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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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- Board of Customs and Excise, Purchase Tax Division, 1940-1973
- Board of Customs and Excise, VAT/Car Tax Division, 1976-1992
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 39 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Board of Customs and Excise
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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)
- File series ran from 1972 to 1994
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals expected
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Important policy files only have been selected together with four examples of casework files.
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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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Car Tax was introduced in 1973 under the control of the Purchase Tax Division. Control was subsequently passed to VAT/ Car Tax Division. The tax was abolished in 1992.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15492/
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