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Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Shop tax - Volume 8 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/4/8

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Abstract of the Shop Tax within the Town of Inverness
from the 5th April 1788 to the 5th April 1789 by John Rose Surveyor

Proof of the Abstract
£147.0.0 at 4d [£0.0.4] per Annum is £2.9.0
£66.10.0 at 8d [£0.0.8] per Annum is £2.4.4
£16.10.0 at 1/ [£0.1.0] per Annum is £0.16.6
£5.9.10

I John Rose Surveyor Aforesaid do hereby Certify that upon Careful examination
of the foregoing Several Rates & Duties they Amount in whole to Seven pounds
Nine Shillings and Ten pence Sterling And that an Exact Duplicate of the Same was
delivered to Mr. Thomas Munro Collector of the said Duties upon the eighth day of December
and the same is Attested by John Rose Surveyor of Taxes

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records), Shop tax - Volume 8 - Burghs (see 'More info' for burgh details), E326/4/8

This volume contains information on who paid late 18th century shop tax in the burghs of Aberdeen, Ayr, Banff, Campbeltown, Dumbarton, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dunfermline, Dundee, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forres, Glasgow, Haddington, Inverary, Inverness, Irvine, Jedburgh, Kirkcaldy, Kirkcudbright, Kirkwall, Lanark, Linlithgow, Montrose, Perth, Selkirk, Stirling, Stranraer, and Wigtown.

Scottish Exchequer (Tax Records)

The Scottish Exchequer, and subsequently the Court of Exchequer, were concerned with the accounting of collected taxes in Scotland. These taxes include the Carriage tax (1785-1798), Cart tax (1785-1798), Clock and watch tax (1797-1798), Dog tax (1797-1798), Farm horse tax (1797-1798), Servant tax (1777-1798), Hearth tax (1691-1695), Horse tax (1785-1798), Inhabited house tax (1778-1798), Land tax (1645-1831), Poll tax (1694-1698), Shop tax (1785-1789), Window tax (1748-1798). Following the Consolidating Acts (38 Geo. III cap. 40 and 41), the duties on windows, inhabited houses, male servants, carts, carriages and dogs were incorporated in Consolidated Schedules of Assessed Taxes (1798-1799).

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