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- [1900-1930] (Creation)
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2.5 linear metres
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Rates are local taxes levied upon the occupiers of property to defray the expenses incurred by county councils and other local authorities in providing services. Up to 1925 there were two classes of rate: the general rate levied by the local council and the poor rate, levied by the Poor Law Guardians. Each rate was levied on the occupiers of all property in the area according to the annual value of the property. This annual value was determined by a committee of the Guardians called the 'assessment committee'. This system meant that the standard of valuation was not uniform throughout the county and that ratepayers might not be contributing equitably towards the cost of services.
The Rating and Valuation Act of 1925 entirely reformed the procedure. The County Council was required to establish a County Valuation Committee for the purpose of securing that as far as possible the standard of assessment throughout the County should be uniform. The local council was made the rating authority for its area. The Act also provided that there should be a general rate levied by each rating authority for the purpose of defraying the whole of the general expenditure within the particular area, so that the poor rate was no longer separately levied. Provision was made for an additional rate, called a 'special rate' to be levied on parts of an area where services were established that were not available elsewhere.
The valuation of property for rating purposes was transferred from local authorities to the Inland Revenue Department by the Local Government Act of 1948.
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MCC/CL/L/VA [1900-1930] Collection 2.5 linear metres MCC , Middlesex County Council x Middlesex County Council
Rates are local taxes levied upon the occupiers of property to defray the expenses incurred by county councils and other local authorities in providing services. Up to 1925 there were two classes of rate: the general rate levied by the local council and the poor rate, levied by the Poor Law Guardians. Each rate was levied on the occupiers of all property in the area according to the annual value of the property. This annual value was determined by a committee of the Guardians called the 'assessment committee'. This system meant that the standard of valuation was not uniform throughout the county and that ratepayers might not be contributing equitably towards the cost of services.
The Rating and Valuation Act of 1925 entirely reformed the procedure. The County Council was required to establish a County Valuation Committee for the purpose of securing that as far as possible the standard of assessment throughout the County should be uniform. The local council was made the rating authority for its area. The Act also provided that there should be a general rate levied by each rating authority for the purpose of defraying the whole of the general expenditure within the particular area, so that the poor rate was no longer separately levied. Provision was made for an additional rate, called a 'special rate' to be levied on parts of an area where services were established that were not available elsewhere.
The valuation of property for rating purposes was transferred from local authorities to the Inland Revenue Department by the Local Government Act of 1948.
Acquired with the records of its parent authority, the Middlesex County Council, and with successor authorities.
Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Legal Department relating to the Valuation Department, [1900-1930], comprising maps of property in the Middlesex County Council area.
MCC/CL/L/VA/01: County Council maps; MCC/CL/L/VA/02: Miscellaneous maps.
Available for general access.
Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation of London.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
For more records relating to local taxation and valuation see MCC/CL/VA and MCC/LT.
For further information on the history of the Middlesex County Council please see Middlesex by Sir Clifford Radcliffe (2 editions, 1939 and 1953), LMA Library reference 97.09 MID; and The County Council of the Administrative County of Middlesex: 76 years of local government, 1 April 1889 to 31 March 1965, by Middlesex County Council (1965), LMA library reference S97.09 MID.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. April to June 2009 Estates and Valuation Department , Middlesex County Council x Valuation Department Clerk's Department , Middlesex County Council MCC , Middlesex County Council x Middlesex County Council Property Financial administration Accounting Valuation Community charge Tax assessment Information sources Documents Rates (documents) Rating assessments Finance Fiscal policy Taxation Local taxation London England UK Western Europe Middlesex Europe
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Acquired with the records of its parent authority, the Middlesex County Council, and with successor authorities.
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Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Legal Department relating to the Valuation Department, [1900-1930], comprising maps of property in the Middlesex County Council area.
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MCC/CL/L/VA/01: County Council maps; MCC/CL/L/VA/02: Miscellaneous maps.
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Available for general access.
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Copyright to these records rests with the Corporation of London.
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- English
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- Latin
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For more records relating to local taxation and valuation see MCC/CL/VA and MCC/LT.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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