二次大戰時曾經試過 high tax band 最高係 99.5%
六十年代都仲係 95% - 歌仔都有唱
Should five percent appear too small
Be thankful I don't take it all
'Cause I'm the taxman
Yeah, I'm the taxman
-- Beatles "Taxman", 1966
而家 basic rate 20%, 最高既 additional tax rate 係 45% 已經係相對地非常低
所以班廢老聽到工黨上場,就係度鳩叫 Tax the rich Tax the rich,因為以前既稅率係更加高
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/fn5171/why_were_british_tax_rates_so_high_in_the_1950s/