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32: 349:. Originally, these acts taxed initially raw materials used for glass making. Glass was at that time sold by weight, and manufacturers responded by producing smaller, more highly decorated objects, often with hollow stems, known today as "Excise glasses". The impact of these taxes was that many glassworks had to move their businesses to bordering countries, most frequently to Ireland. In 1780, the government granted Ireland free trade in glass without taxation, resulting in the establishment of glassworks in 361:. The heavy decorative glass objects and large windows became the symbol of wealth in this time period. This also meant that only the very wealthy could afford green houses and the fruit grown in them. In 1825 the excise on glass were amended again, including raw materials as well as rising the taxation rates on finished glass goods. 381:
In a hygienic point of view, the enormous tax on glass, amounting to more than three hundred per cent on its value, is one of the most cruel a Government could inflict on the nation ... The deficiency of light in town habitations, in a great measure caused by the enormous cost of glass, is
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universally admitted to be one of the principal causes of the unhealthiness of cities ...
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Gradually the industry declined, until the glass tax was abolished by Sir
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was introduced in Great Britain in 1746, during the reign of King
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described the glass tax as an "absurd impost on light":
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Taxation in the United Kingdom

HM Treasury
HM Revenue and Customs
VAT
Income tax
PAYE
National Insurance
Health and Social Care Levy
Corporation tax
Capital gains tax
Motoring taxes
Inheritance tax
Stamp Duty
Stamp Duty Reserve Tax
Stamp Duty Land Tax
Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings
Insurance Premium Tax
Air Passenger Duty
Petroleum Revenue Tax
Aggregates Levy
Various alcohol- and gambling-related duties
Bingo Duty
Climate Change Levy
Landfill tax
Machine Games Duty
Tobacco Duty
Vehicle Excise Duty
Revenue Scotland
Scottish income tax

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