Somerset Taxation

The taxes of Somerset can fall under one of these categories:


 * Probate Taxes (these are taxes after death).


 * In 1692 the British government instituted another innovative scheme to increase revenue which came to be known as the land tax.


 * The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 placed the responsibility for the care of the poor in England and Wales, from 1834 onward, on Poor Law Unions . The Poor Law Unions and their workhouses took over this responsibility from the Church of England parishes. Prior to 1834 a few parishes or collections of parishes had established a few workhouses to help relieve the poor and provide indoor relief in the form of food, clothes and shelter.


 * For a National overview of English taxes