We have job losses if you want them baby

[DoctorStrangelove]

Look on the bright side, it's not Purchase Tax at 50% (the peak was 100% in 1943 which probably didn't matter since there was almost nothing to buy anyway).

Yet.

[Zigenare]

Look on the bright side, it's not Purchase Tax at 50% (the peak was 100% in 1943 which probably didn't matter since there was almost nothing to buy anyway).

Yet.

Have you thought about getting a role on "Last of the Summer Wine"?

[DoctorStrangelove]

Have you thought about getting a role on "Last of the Summer Wine"?

Income tax maximum: 99.25% during WWII.

[Zigenare]

Income tax maximum: 99.25% during WWII.

One could argue that those were extraordinary times.

[DoctorStrangelove]

One could argue that those were extraordinary times.

Which doesn't quite account for the 98% top rate that existed more recently, back in the days when renting suits was A Thing.