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Inland Revenue

noun

A board of the British government that administers and collects major direct taxes. Synonym: IR.

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"Inland Revenue" Quotes from Famous Books

... 48 and 49 Vict. c. 5, &c., to 4s.) or 9s., as the case might be, on any other brewers, were required. The regulations dealing with the mashing operations are very stringent. Twenty-four hours at least before mashing the brewer must enter in his brewing book (provided by the Inland Revenue) the day and hour for commencing to mash malt, corn, &c., or to dissolve sugar; and the date of making such entry; and also, two hours at least before the notice hour for mashing, the quantity of malt, corn, &c., and sugar ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 - "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" • Various

... duties on foreign goods, of course smuggling was very rife, and the Inland Revenue was defrauded on every possible occasion by the sharp wits opposed to it; and the difficulty of conviction, unless the smuggler was caught red-handed, was very considerable. The following is a case in point, and for sheer impudence, it bears the ...

— Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign • John Ashton

Words linked to "Inland Revenue" : administrative unit, U.K., ir, UK, Great Britain, Britain, administrative body, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland