Historedia
Episode 3 of 4

1799 receipts fall short of expectations

When
1799
Where
Britain, where the tax was collected
Part of
Introduction of the British Income Tax

Pitt hoped for £10 million, but 1799 receipts totalled just over £6 million.

Pitt hoped that the new income tax would raise £10 million, but receipts for 1799 totalled just over £6 million, a shortfall against his expectations for the war-funding measure.

Sources

  1. Taxation in the United Kingdom Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-09

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