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Income Tax

In: 110 Years of Taxation from Pitt to Lloyd George

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  • Henry Sless

    (University of Reading)

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The vividness of Georgian satire (imps, monsters) gives way to genteel satire with visual puns involving chancellors of the day engaged in Victorian pastimes (entertainment—e.g., ‘balancing the budget’, domesticity—e.g., ‘making your sums add up’) depicting the impact of tax policies together with puns on the burden of taxes (the use of screws or presses or the weight of additional taxes to extract monies from the taxpayer, John Bull). Throughout the period there were recurring icons, specifically after the introduction of annual budgets in 1853, creating a sense of reinforced memories on the reader This was enhanced by the regular repeat print runs and almanac editions introduced by publishers to achieve increased sales. There was a crossover in iconography between UK and US images in the depiction of the potentially risky process of implementing contentious tax policies.

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  • Henry Sless, 2023. "Income Tax," Springer Books, in: 110 Years of Taxation from Pitt to Lloyd George, chapter 0, pages 49-95, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-39218-4_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-39218-4_4
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