Record revealed
Request for compensation for the Boston Tea Party
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Series
Royal Commission on Income Tax: Minutes and Papers
Catalogue reference: IR 85
What's it about?
IR 85
An incomplete set of minutes and papers of the Royal Commission on Income Tax, 1919-1920.The report of the Commission was published in 1920 as Cmd.615.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- IR 85
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Title (The name of the record)
- Royal Commission on Income Tax: Minutes and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1919-1920
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Description (What the record is about)
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An incomplete set of minutes and papers of the Royal Commission on Income Tax, 1919-1920.
The report of the Commission was published in 1920 as Cmd.615.
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Separated material (A cross-reference between records that are related by provenance but now kept separately)
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The following papers are missing: 3, 9-12, 16-17, 27, 29, 32, 47-49, 51, 56, 63, 66-67, 70, 72, 92-94, 105, 108, 143, 145-148, 165, 196-198, 221-222, 228, 287, 292, 323, 325-326, 330.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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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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- Smith, Sydney Armitage Armitage-, 1876-1932
- Royal Commission on Income Tax, 1919-1920
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 10 volume(s)
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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
- Taxation
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Formerly in the possession of S A Armitage-Smith, C.B., a principal clerk in HM Treasury, and a member of the Commission until Feb 1920.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9423/
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Royal Commission on Income Tax: Minutes and Papers
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