Tolley is a British
publishing company
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that publishes
reference book
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s on
tax
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.
History
The company was established in 1916 by Charles H. Tolley.
In the 1970s Tolley was part of the
Benn Group of companies. The Benn companies were taken over by the
Extel
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Group in June 1983,
[Eric L Harvey, A Short History of Tolley, p 4] which itself was taken over by
United Newspapers in 1987.
In 1996 the company was acquired by the publisher Butterworths, part of the
Reed Elsevier
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group of companies,
which now exists as
LexisNexis UK but continues to publish under the Butterworths imprint.
Products
* ''Tolley's Tax Guide'', a full UK tax reference
* ''Tolley Guidance'' and ''Tolley Library'' (online) - UK tax legislation and tax cases
See also
*
Taxation in the United Kingdom
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References
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External links
TolleyLexisNexis
Accounting educators
Companies based in the City of London
Finance books
Publishing companies of the United Kingdom
Reference publishers
Taxation in the United Kingdom