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Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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From a London paper: List of first-class income taxpayers under new act, including nobles like Dukes of Northumberland and Marlborough, paying £2,000–£11,000 annually as tenth of net income.
Merged-components note: The table at reading_order 50 lists specific taxpayers and amounts, directly continuing the foreign_news article on the British income tax from a London paper at reading_order 49.
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TAX ON INCOME.
The following will form the First Class under the new act, and pay nearly as follows, as the tenth of their net annual income:
the three last, two,000l. per annum.
| * Mr. Beckford, | £ 11,000 |
| D. of Northumberland, | 8,000 |
| Earl of Lofdale, | 7,500 |
| Marquis of Donegall, | 7,000 |
| Duke of Redford, | 5,000 |
| D. of Marlborough, | 5,000 |
| D. of Buccleugh, | 5,000 |
| D. of Devonshire, | 4,500 |
| D. of Norfolk, | 4,000 |
| M. of Buckingham, | 3,500 |
| Earl Fitzwilliam, | 3,500 |
| Duke of Portland, | 3,000 |
| Marquis of Abercorn, | 2,800 |
| Marquis of Bath, | 2,500 |
| Earl of Derby, | 2,300 |
| Sir William Pulteney, | 2,300 |
| Marquis of Lanidown, | 2,200 |
| Earl of Egrenmont, | 2,300 |
| Lord Petre, | 2,200 |
| Duke of Richmond, | 2,000 |
| Sir James Tilney Long, | 2,000 |
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tax payments as the tenth of net annual income, ranging from £11,000 for mr. beckford to £2,000 for the last three listed.
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The first class under the new income tax act includes the listed individuals, who pay nearly one-tenth of their net annual income, with the three lowest at 2,000l. per annum.