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
Board of Inland Revenue: Special Commissioners of Income Tax and Surtax Office: Super-Tax...
Catalogue reference: IR 112
What's it about?
IR 112
This series consists mainly of super-tax and surtax instructions issued by the Office of Special Commissioners of Income Tax for distribution in Tax District Offices (records otherwise in EM).
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 112
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Title (The name of the record)
- Board of Inland Revenue: Special Commissioners of Income Tax and Surtax Office: Super-Tax and Surtax Instructions
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1914-1973
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series consists mainly of super-tax and surtax instructions issued by the Office of Special Commissioners of Income Tax for distribution in Tax District Offices (records otherwise in EM).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The instructions are arranged in chronological order under the headings given to them by the department.
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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)
- 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 Inland Revenue, Office of Special Commissioners of Income Tax, 1854-1968
- Board of Inland Revenue, Surtax Office, 1964-1975
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 41 files and volumes
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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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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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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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From 1965 the instructions were issued by the Surtax Office of the Board of Inland Revenue.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9450/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Within the department: IR
Records of the Boards of Stamps, Taxes, Excise, Stamps and Taxes, and Inland Revenue
You are currently looking at the series: IR 112
Board of Inland Revenue: Special Commissioners of Income Tax and Surtax Office: Super-Tax and Surtax Instructions
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