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    Tax resistance is the refusal to pay tax because of opposition to the government that is imposing the tax, or to government policy, or as opposition to...
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    Tax resistance, the practice of refusing to pay taxes that are considered unjust, has probably existed ever since rulers began imposing taxes on their...
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    especially on the questions of separation of church and state and tax resistance. When Jesus was later crucified, he was, in a sense, rendering unto...
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  • Tax resistance in the United States has been practiced at least since colonial times, and has played important parts in American history. Tax resistance...
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    Women's Tax Resistance League (WTRL) was from 1909 to 1918 a direct action group associated with the Women's Freedom League that used tax resistance to protest...
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    and poetry, community education and consciousness raising, lobbying, tax resistance, civil disobedience, boycotts or sanctions, legal/diplomatic wrestling...
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  • tax resistance Informal sector Land value tax Paradise Papers Social inequality Tax amnesty Tax information exchange agreements Tax noncompliance Tax resistance...
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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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    types of taxes: corporate tax, individual income tax, and sales tax, including VAT and GST and capital gains tax, but does not list wealth tax or inheritance...
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    impossible to tax—in the next six years, over 175 distillers from Kentucky were convicted of violating the tax law. Numerous examples of resistance are recorded...
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    alphabetically, with total tax revenue as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) for the listed countries. The tax percentage for each country...
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  • of whom were participating in organised resistance to the charge. There is also some evidence that the poll tax had a lasting effect of people not registering...
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    by tax rates List of countries by tax revenue as percentage of GDP Tariffs in United States history Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 Tax resistance in the...
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  • of tax burden to non-citizens or non-residents). The tourist industry typically campaigns against the taxes. It is separate from value-added tax and...
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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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  • A tax protester is someone who refuses to pay a tax claiming that the tax laws are unconstitutional or otherwise invalid. Tax protesters are different...
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  • broad categories: Income tax Payroll tax Property tax Consumption tax Tariff (taxes on international trade) Capitation, a fixed tax charged per person Fees...
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  • property, income, or transactions. Tax-exempt status may provide complete relief from taxes, reduced rates, or tax on only a portion of items. Examples...
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  • A corporate tax, also called corporation tax or company tax, is a type of direct tax levied on the income or capital of corporations and other similar...
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    Resistance to Civil Government, also called On the Duty of Civil Disobedience or Civil Disobedience for short, is an essay by American transcendentalist...
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    The Hut Tax War of 1898 was a resistance in the newly annexed Protectorate of Sierra Leone to a new tax imposed by the colonial governor. The British...
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  • In a tax system, the tax rate is the ratio (usually expressed as a percentage) at which a business or person is taxed. The tax rate that is applied to...
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  • prime example of tax resistance and is one of the most recognisable tax resistances in history. Between 1631 and 1634 the Salt Tax Revolt took place...
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  • A wealth tax (also called a capital tax or equity tax) is a tax on an entity's holdings of assets or an entity's net worth. This includes the total value...
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  • A capital gains tax (CGT) is the tax on profits realized on the sale of a non-inventory asset. The most common capital gains are realized from the sale...
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  • income tax is a tax imposed on individuals or entities (taxpayers) in respect of the income or profits earned by them (commonly called taxable income)...
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  • War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee (NWTRCC — usually pronounced "new-trick") is an American activist coalition that promotes tax resistance as a...
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  • of sales taxes levied. These are : Provincial sales taxes (PST), levied by the provinces. Goods and services tax (GST)/harmonized sales tax (HST), a value-added...
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  • 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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    lasted from 12 March 1930 to 6 April 1930 as a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly. Another reason...
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