Somerset Taxation

Somerset Somerset_Taxation

The taxes of Somerset can fall under one of these category's :


 * Probate Taxes ( these are taxes after death).


 * Land and property Taxes (these taxes are evaluated on what land and property you own)


 * The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834 placed the responsibility for the care of the poor in England and Wales, from 1834 onward, on Poor Law Unions . The Poor Law Unions and their workhouses took over this responsibility from the Church of England parishes. Prior to 1834 a few parishes or collections of parishes had established a few workhouses to help relieve the poor and provide indoor relief in the form of food, clothes and shelter.


 * For a National overview of English taxes