The Revenue Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict. c. 14) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that granted certain duties of customs and inland revenue, and repealed and altered other duties of customs and inland revenue, in the United Kingdom.
Provisions The act granted duties of customs on tea and beer (schedule (A.)) and duties of income tax, land tax and inhabited house duty (schedule (B.)), and abolished the customs duties on corn, grain, meal and flour and other similar articles. It also repealed the percentage duty on fire insurances, the excise licence for the sale of tea, coffee, cocoa nuts, chocolate and pepper, and a substantial body of earlier enactments relating to assessed taxes and excise duties.
Repealed enactments Sections 12, 14 and 39 of the act repealed 67 enactments, listed in schedules (C.), (D.) and (E.) to the act, respectively.
Schedule (C): Fire insurance +Schedule (C) — Fire insuranceCitationShort titleDescriptionExtent of repeal22 Geo. 3. c. 48Fire Insurance Duty Act 1782An Act for charging a duty on persons whose property shall be insured against loss by fire.The whole act.26 Geo. 3. c. 82Stamps (No. 3) Act 1786An Act for the more effectually carrying into execution the laws relating to the duties on stamped vellum, &c.Section 9.50 Geo. 3. c. 35Stamps Act 1810An Act for altering the mode of collecting the duty on insurances against loss by fire upon property in His Majesty's islands and possessions in the West Indies, &c.Sections from 1 to 10, both inclusive.55 Geo. 3. c. 101Stamps Act 1815An Act to regulate the collection of stamp duties on matters in respect of which licences may be granted by the commissioners of stamps in Ireland.Sections from 14 to 27, both inclusive.55 Geo. 3. c. 184Stamp Act 1815An Act for repealing the stamp duties on deeds, &c.Sections from 32 to 36, both inclusive.9 Geo. 4. c. 13Stamps on Fire Insurances Act 1828An Act for further regulating the payment of the duties under the management of the commissioners of stamps on insurances from loss or damage by fire.The whole act.3 & 4 Will. 4. c. 23Stamps Act 1833An Act to reduce the stamp duties on advertisements, &c.Section 6.5 & 6 Vict. c. 79Railway Passenger Duty Act 1842An Act to repeal the duties payable on stage carriages, &c.Section 20.13 & 14 Vict. c. 97Stamp Duties Act 1850An Act to repeal certain stamp duties, &c.Section 19.19 & 20 Vict. c. 22Stamps Act 1856An Act to amend the laws relating to the duties on fire insurances.So far as it relates to the duty on fire insurances repealed by this act.27 & 28 Vict. c. 18Revenue (No. 1) Act 1864An Act to grant certain duties of customs and inland revenue.Sections 9 and 10.
Schedule (D): Licences to sell coffee, tea, cocoa nuts, chocolate, and pepper +Schedule (D) — Licences to sell coffee, tea, cocoa nuts, chocolate, and pepperCitationShort titleDescriptionExtent of repeal10 Geo. 1. c. 10Excise Act 1723An Act for repealing certain duties therein mentioned payable upon coffee, tea, &c.Sections 9, 10, 14, and 41.59 Geo. 3. c. 53Excise Act 1819An Act for granting to His Majesty certain additional duties of excise on tea, coffee, &c.The whole act.24 & 25 Vict. c. 21Revenue (No. 1) Act 1861An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain duties of excise and stamps.Section 8.27 & 28 Vict. c. 18Revenue (No. 1) Act 1864An Act to grant certain duties of customs and inland revenue.Sections 6 and 7, and so much of schedule B. as relates to licences to sell tea.
Schedule (E): Assessed taxes and excise duties