politics

[superstarsmi]

in what year was income tax introduced in the uk and by who

[Pentalpha8]

Pitt the Younger in the first place to pay for the napoleonic wars in about 1798 .It was then abolished by Addington then reintroduced again then abolished again after Waterloo.
Robert Peel introduced the income tax act in 1842 and the b's have been taxing us ever since .