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Basic Income Tax Reduction

Great Britain · Economy / Currency. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1979

Geoffrey Howe1979

London · Economy / Currency

Reduces the basic rate of income tax from 33 percent to 30 percent in his first Budget as Chancellor.

Names involved

Geoffrey Howe

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