John Tiley passed away on the 30 June 2013. He was a Life Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge, and Emeritus Professor of the Law of Taxation in the University of Cambridge.

...because the contributors have been given free range, and allowed to delve quite deeply into areas of their own interest, they have been able to come up with all sorts of explanations for things which a speedy overview might not have led most readers to expect. Roger Kerridge The Journal of Legal History Vol 28, No 3 These studies in history of tax laws and policies, their design and development, structure and administration, intended and unintended effects, not only enlightens and informs, sometimes even entertains, but also provides a comparative resource for recurrent issues. Mr Howard Alexander Queensland Supreme Court History Programme Yearbook 2009

• Part 1 The Income Tax Era 1 The Special Commissioners from Trafalgar to Waterloo John F Avery Jones 2 Access to Justice before the Special Commissioners of Income Tax in the Nineteenth Century Chantal Stebbings 3 The Rise and Development of the Concept of 'Total Income' in United Kingdom Income Tax Law: 1842-1952 John HN Pearce 4 Official Deliberations on Capital Gains Tax: 1955-1960 David Stopforth 5 Excess Profits Tax Litigation Philip Ridd Part 2 Wider Issues 6 Tax Law and Public Opinion: Explaining IRC v Duke of Westminster Assaf Likhovski 7 A Book Review of The Saving of Income Tax, Surtax and Death Duties by Jasper More Philip Baker 8 When is a Tax not a Tax but a Tithe? Andrew Lewis 9 The Concept of Taxation and the Age of Enlightenment Jane Frecknall Hughes 10 The Abolition of the Taxes on Knowledge Lynne Oats and Pauline Sadler Part 3 Commonwealth Essays 11 The Abolition of Wealth Transfer Taxes in Canada David G Duff 12 A Tale of Two Systems: The Divergent Tax Histories of Australia and Canada Rodney Fisher 13 The Ever-Elusive Definition of Income: A Historical Perspective from Australia Margaret McKerchar and Cynthia Coleman Part 4 The US Dimension 14 Why was the US Corporate Tax Enacted in 1909? Reuven S Avi-Yonah 15 Entity Theory as Myth in the US Corporate Excise Tax of 1909 Steven A Bank 16 Voluntarism and Taxation Carolyn C Jones

John Tiley passed away on the 30 June 2013. He was a Life Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge, and Emeritus Professor of the Law of Taxation in the University of Cambridge.

...because the contributors have been given free range, and allowed to delve quite deeply into areas of their own interest, they have been able to come up with all sorts of explanations for things which a speedy overview might not have led most readers to expect. Roger Kerridge The Journal of Legal History Vol 28, No 3 These studies in history of tax laws and policies, their design and development, structure and administration, intended and unintended effects, not only enlightens and informs, sometimes even entertains, but also provides a comparative resource for recurrent issues. Mr Howard Alexander Queensland Supreme Court History Programme Yearbook 2009

• Part 1 The Income Tax Era 1 The Special Commissioners from Trafalgar to Waterloo John F Avery Jones 2 Access to Justice before the Special Commissioners of Income Tax in the Nineteenth Century Chantal Stebbings 3 The Rise and Development of the Concept of 'Total Income' in United Kingdom Income Tax Law: 1842-1952 John HN Pearce 4 Official Deliberations on Capital Gains Tax: 1955-1960 David Stopforth 5 Excess Profits Tax Litigation Philip Ridd Part 2 Wider Issues 6 Tax Law and Public Opinion: Explaining IRC v Duke of Westminster Assaf Likhovski 7 A Book Review of The Saving of Income Tax, Surtax and Death Duties by Jasper More Philip Baker 8 When is a Tax not a Tax but a Tithe? Andrew Lewis 9 The Concept of Taxation and the Age of Enlightenment Jane Frecknall Hughes 10 The Abolition of the Taxes on Knowledge Lynne Oats and Pauline Sadler Part 3 Commonwealth Essays 11 The Abolition of Wealth Transfer Taxes in Canada David G Duff 12 A Tale of Two Systems: The Divergent Tax Histories of Australia and Canada Rodney Fisher 13 The Ever-Elusive Definition of Income: A Historical Perspective from Australia Margaret McKerchar and Cynthia Coleman Part 4 The US Dimension 14 Why was the US Corporate Tax Enacted in 1909? Reuven S Avi-Yonah 15 Entity Theory as Myth in the US Corporate Excise Tax of 1909 Steven A Bank 16 Voluntarism and Taxation Carolyn C Jones

John Tiley passed away on the 30 June 2013. He was a Life Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge, and Emeritus Professor of the Law of Taxation in the University of Cambridge.

...because the contributors have been given free range, and allowed to delve quite deeply into areas of their own interest, they have been able to come up with all sorts of explanations for things which a speedy overview might not have led most readers to expect. Roger Kerridge The Journal of Legal History Vol 28, No 3 These studies in history of tax laws and policies, their design and development, structure and administration, intended and unintended effects, not only enlightens and informs, sometimes even entertains, but also provides a comparative resource for recurrent issues. Mr Howard Alexander Queensland Supreme Court History Programme Yearbook 2009

• Part 1 The Income Tax Era 1 The Special Commissioners from Trafalgar to Waterloo John F Avery Jones 2 Access to Justice before the Special Commissioners of Income Tax in the Nineteenth Century Chantal Stebbings 3 The Rise and Development of the Concept of 'Total Income' in United Kingdom Income Tax Law: 1842-1952 John HN Pearce 4 Official Deliberations on Capital Gains Tax: 1955-1960 David Stopforth 5 Excess Profits Tax Litigation Philip Ridd Part 2 Wider Issues 6 Tax Law and Public Opinion: Explaining IRC v Duke of Westminster Assaf Likhovski 7 A Book Review of The Saving of Income Tax, Surtax and Death Duties by Jasper More Philip Baker 8 When is a Tax not a Tax but a Tithe? Andrew Lewis 9 The Concept of Taxation and the Age of Enlightenment Jane Frecknall Hughes 10 The Abolition of the Taxes on Knowledge Lynne Oats and Pauline Sadler Part 3 Commonwealth Essays 11 The Abolition of Wealth Transfer Taxes in Canada David G Duff 12 A Tale of Two Systems: The Divergent Tax Histories of Australia and Canada Rodney Fisher 13 The Ever-Elusive Definition of Income: A Historical Perspective from Australia Margaret McKerchar and Cynthia Coleman Part 4 The US Dimension 14 Why was the US Corporate Tax Enacted in 1909? Reuven S Avi-Yonah 15 Entity Theory as Myth in the US Corporate Excise Tax of 1909 Steven A Bank 16 Voluntarism and Taxation Carolyn C Jones