• 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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  • known as the "poll tax" as this is a general term referring to a tax charged at an equal amount per head (also known as a head-tax), but also as a reference...
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    United States. The head tax was proposed in 2017 to fund homeless services and outreach and was set at a rate of $275 annually per employee, with hopes...
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  • billion per annum. In addition, capital held in tax havens can permanently leave the tax base (base erosion). Estimates of capital held in tax havens also...
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  • tax, also known as a head tax, is a flat tax of a set dollar amount per person. As an example, in the history of the USA, a poll tax was introduced in 1870...
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  • excise taxes raised $86.8 billion in fiscal year 2020 or 2.5% of total federal tax revenue. Federal excise taxes have been stable at 18.4¢ per gallon...
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    came up with a concept of GDP, to calculate the tax burden, and argue landlords were unfairly taxed during warfare between the Dutch and the English...
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  • The term "breast tax" was used to denote the gender of the person and not breasts per se. According to subaltern beliefs the breast tax was imposed on lower...
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  • The head rag tax (Dutch: kopvoddentaks) is the pejorative name under which a tax on wearing headscarves in the Netherlands has been suggested by the Dutch...
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  • federal child tax credit (CTC) is a partially-refundable tax credit for parents with dependent children. It provided $2,000 in tax relief per qualifying...
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  • per unit tax, lump-sum tax does not increase in size as the output increases. A lump-sum tax levied per-person is known as a "head-tax" or "poll-tax"...
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  • also impose wealth taxes, inheritance taxes, gift taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, use taxes, environmental taxes, payroll taxes, duties or tariffs...
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  • property tax (whose rate is expressed as a percentage or per mille, also called millage) is an ad valorem tax on the value of a property. The tax is levied...
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  • Head of Household is a filing status for individual United States taxpayers. It provides preferential tax rates and a larger standard deduction for single...
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    governments impose an income tax. They are determined by applying a tax rate, which may increase as income increases, to taxable income, which is the total...
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    The global minimum corporate tax rate, or simply the global minimum tax (abbreviated GMCT or GMCTR), is a minimum rate of tax on corporate income internationally...
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    separate federal, state, and local governments with taxes imposed at each of these levels. Taxes are levied on income, payroll, property, sales, capital...
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  • categories: Income tax Payroll tax Property tax Consumption tax Tariff (taxes on international trade) Capitation, a fixed tax charged per person Fees and...
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  • increased the tax to £100 per head in 1896, and tightened the other restriction to only one Chinese immigrant for every 200 tons of cargo. The poll tax was waived...
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  • instead are taxed separately by the individual state governments, as per the previous tax system. There is a special rate of 0.25% on rough precious and semi-precious...
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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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    that could be brought into New South Wales on any ship and imposed a tax per head on entry. The town of Young was gazetted in 1861. The goldfields produced...
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  • A tax credit is a tax incentive which allows certain taxpayers to subtract the amount of the credit they have accrued from the total they owe the state...
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  • direct tax is a tax imposed upon a person or property as distinct from a tax imposed upon a transaction, which is described as an indirect tax. There...
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  • multiple taxes with passage of time and imposed new ones. A few of these taxes include inheritance tax, interest tax, gift tax, wealth tax, etc. Wealth Tax Act...
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    Finance. The Income Tax Department is headed by the apex body Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). The main responsibility of the Income Tax Department is...
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    eliminated—this was a deduction of $4,050 per taxpayer and dependent, unless it is in an estate or trust. The child tax credit (CTC) is doubled from $1,000...
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  • Tax brackets are the divisions at which tax rates change in a progressive tax system (or an explicitly regressive tax system, though that is rarer). Essentially...
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  • the benefits of the new tax per head. The speech caused considerable resentment, as in truth, there was little to show for the tax collection. The District...
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  • (so called "poll tax"), a fixed tax per head that was the same for everyone within a council area, a figure that could differ greatly per local authority...
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