• 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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  • 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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    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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    A poll tax is a tax of a fixed sum on every liable individual (typically every adult), without reference to income or resources. Although often associated...
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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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  • 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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  • impose wealth taxes, inheritance taxes, estate taxes, gift taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, use taxes, environmental taxes, payroll taxes, duties and/or...
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    women's poll tax repeal movement was a movement in the United States, predominantly led by women, that attempted to secure the abolition of poll taxes as a...
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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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  • 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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  • The Poll Tax Ordinance of 1852 was passed by the British to win the support of the chiefs to compel the people of southern Ghana to pay a levy of one thousand...
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  • Jizya (redirect from Jizya tax)
    poll tax does not translate the Arabic word jizya, being also inaccurate in light of the exemptions granted to children, women, etc., unlike a poll tax...
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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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  • Look up Poll, poll, polling, or polls in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Poll, polled, or polling may refer to: Poll, a formal election Election verification...
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  • can be applied to individual taxes or to a tax system as a whole; a year, multi-year, or lifetime. Poll taxes is a tax levied on individuals as a condition...
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  • Thatcher announced plans to introduce a flat-tax to fund local Government. The planned tax became known as the poll tax and was thought by many to be intended...
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    The French Poll Tax of 1695 was established by King Louis XIV in order to finance the War of the League of Augsburg. The traditional methods of war financing...
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    John Bampton, in Essex on 30 May 1381. His attempts to collect unpaid poll taxes in Brentwood ended in a violent confrontation, which rapidly spread across...
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  • The Jewish poll tax (Polish: pogłówne żydowskie) was a poll tax imposed on Jews in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was later absorbed into the hiberna...
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  • ukhandampondo (poll tax) is the second album by the South African music project Bambata, released in 2002. It continues on the themes of the first album...
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    Finance Act 1992, replacing the short-lived Community Charge (also known as "poll tax"), which in turn replaced the domestic rates. Each property is assigned...
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    Hatton, in the formation of the Militant tendency's policy regarding the Poll Tax in 1988–1991, and the Militant tendency's "Open Turn" from the Labour Party...
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  • Anti-Poll Tax Unions (APTUs) were set up in local areas throughout Scotland, England and Wales to organise against the poll tax (officially the "Community...
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  • and 1991, Militant led the All Britain Anti-Poll Tax Federation's non-payment campaign against the poll tax. In 1991, Militant decided by a large majority...
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  • free men regardless of whether they own property, provided they pay a $1 poll tax. Naturalized citizens are still not eligible to vote unless they own property...
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  • and antiquarian bookseller. He came to be known as the "father of the poll tax". He was born Dunfermline, Scotland, the son of an accountant and schoolteacher...
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  • known as a head tax, is a flat tax of a set dollar amount per person. As an example, we can look at the history of the USA, where poll tax was introduced...
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  • people and tens of thousands of poor white people through a combination of poll taxes, literacy and comprehension tests, and residency and record-keeping requirements...
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  • Anti Poll Tax Federation, commonly known as "the Fed", was an organisation in Great Britain to co-ordinate the activities of local Anti-Poll Tax Unions...
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    summoned to magistrates' court after refusing to pay two years' worth of poll tax. His case was presided over by Lord Tenby, who allowed Pendragon to wear...
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