• A poll tax, also known as head tax or capitation, is a tax levied as a fixed sum on every liable individual (typically every adult), without reference...
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    The poll tax riots were a series of riots in British towns and cities during protests against the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"),...
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  • poll tax, was a system of local taxation introduced by Margaret Thatcher's government whereby each taxpayer was taxed the same fixed sum (a "poll tax"...
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    Poll taxes in the United States is the history of the use of poll tax (tax of a fixed sum on every liable individual, without reference to income or resources)...
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  • up poll tax in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A poll tax is a tax of a fixed amount applied to every individual regardless of income. Poll tax may...
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  • The Poll Tax of 1379 was granted to the King by the lords, commoners and clergy of England in order to finance the Hundred Years' War. It was graduated...
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  • collected taxes on imports ("tariffs"), whiskey, and (for a while) on glass windows. States and localities collected poll taxes on voters and property taxes on...
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  • impose wealth taxes, inheritance taxes, estate taxes, gift taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, use taxes, environmental taxes, payroll taxes, duties or tariffs...
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  • Mulakkaram, literally translated as breast tax, was a poll tax imposed on women belonging to Nadar, Ezhava and other lower caste communities by the erstwhile...
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    conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. The amendment was proposed by Congress to the states on August...
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