Catalogue description Central Administrative Records of the Board of Customs and Excise from 1909

Central administrative records of the Board of Customs and Excise from 1909 relating to the management of the revenues of customs and excise.

Comprises general records:

• Annual reports, CUST 44
• Registered papers, CUST 49
• War Registry files, CUST 106
• Official guidance to staff, CUST 132, and Instructions to staff, CUST 139 and CUST 144
• Omnibus weekly instructions to staff, CUST 146
• Public notices, CUST 133
• Excise duty rates, CUST 145
• History of HM Customs and Excise and predecessors, CUST 148
• State of Trade Statistics, CUST 136

Records from specific divisions or on specific subjects

• Value added tax, CUST 107, CUST 108, CUST 125, CUST 126
• Exchange control, CUST 115
• Valuation Division, CUST 117
• Purchase Tax Directorate, CUST 118 and Division, CUST 123
• VAT/ Car Tax Division, CUST 140
• Development Division, CUST 124
• Departmental Whitley Council, CUST 127
• Commonwealth preference, CUST 128
• Establishments Division, CUST 129
• Beer duty database, Accounting Services Division, CUST 134
• Secretaries' Office, instruction to staff relating to purchase tax orders, CUST 138
• Inspector General of Waterguard: Summaries of Seizures of Illegally Imported Goods, CUST 135 and Monthly Trade Returns, CUST 137