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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.
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Records created or inherited by The Adjudicators Office
Catalogue reference: JP
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Records of the Revenue Adjudicator's Office and The Adjudicator's Office relating to citizen complaints about the way in which in the Inland Revenue (and later HM Revenue and Customs) and related bodies handle their affairs. Annual reports are in...
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JP
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- Records created or inherited by The Adjudicators Office
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Date (When the record was created)
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1994-2004
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Revenue Adjudicator's Office and The Adjudicator's Office relating to citizen complaints about the way in which in the Inland Revenue (and later HM Revenue and Customs) and related bodies handle their affairs.
Annual reports are in JP 1.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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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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- Revenue Adjudicators Office, 1993-1995
- The Adjudicators Office, 1995-1995
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2 series
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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 2000 The Adjudicators Office
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- Topics
- Taxation
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In February 1993, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the appointment of an adjudicator to investigate complaints about the way the Inland Revenue and its agency, the Valuation Office Agency, had dealt with a citizen's affairs. The first Adjudicator was appointed on 1 July 1993.
In April 1995 the remit was extended to include the work of HM Customs and Excise and the Contributions Agency. The name of the organisation changed to The Adjudicator's Office to reflect this. The Contributions Unit of Northern Ireland was added to the remit in 1998.
The Adjudicator acts as a fair and unbiased referee looking into complaints about HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), including the Tax Credit Office (TCO), and the Valuation Office Agency (VOA). The Adjudicator also looks into complaints about the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) and The Insolvency Service.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C174/
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