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    Window tax was a property tax based on the number of windows in a house. It was a significant social, cultural, and architectural force in England, France...
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  • Windows tax may refer to: The window tax, an historic British tax on glass "Windows tax", a term for the cost of Microsoft Windows preinstalled on a computer;...
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    the tax was introduced. For Window Tax it was so much per window. The same tax was due regardless of the year length. Window Tax was a permanent tax and...
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    Plate glass Porthole Rose window Window tax Window treatment Witch window "Window". Britannica. Retrieved May 19, 2012. "Window". The Free Dictionary By...
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  • the tax. In Britain, authorities taxed windows – the window tax – from 1696 to 1851. France imposed window taxes from 1798 to 1926. In the United States...
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    Excise (redirect from Excise tax)
    more windows. Furthermore, unlike income, windows cannot be easily hidden. Taxes on the same principle include hearth tax, brick tax, and wallpaper tax. Excise...
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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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  • are within the law. A tax shelter is one type of tax avoidance, and tax havens are jurisdictions that facilitate reduced taxes. Tax avoidance should not...
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  • Tax and the Window Tax, they came to be known as the 'assessed taxes' and were intended as a progressive form of taxation on the wealthy. Income tax was...
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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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  • Windows license has been called the "Windows tax" or "Microsoft tax" by opposing computer users. Some computer purchasers request refunds for Windows...
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  • (fat tax, salt tax), transport (fuel tax, fare hikes for public transport, mobility pricing), energy (carbon tax) and housing (council tax, window tax) is...
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  • a poll tax Tommy Sheridan, Scottish socialist who originally came to prominence protesting against the poll tax Bedroom tax Window tax Poll tax "John Major"...
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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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    Mansard is said to have circumvented that senseless window tax of France by adapting the windowed roof that bears his name." This is improbable in many...
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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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    been rebanded, with 69,695 of those down-graded. Local income tax Window tax Council Tax (New Valuation Lists for England) Act 2006 This is no longer always...
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    came to be known as The Window Tax. The inquisitorial nature of the proceedings, with assessors riding around and counting windows, aroused strong opposition...
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    house tax mostly hit London town houses; the windows tax mostly hit country manors. The income tax was reintroduced by Sir Robert Peel in the Income Tax Act...
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    guest blogs by those engaging with the Hearth Tax. Glass tax Brick tax Wallpaper tax Window tax Hut tax Haldon, John F. (1997) Byzantium in the Seventh...
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    Resources Centre. In Port Street, some of the windows remain blocked up to avoid paying the window tax. Each year on the first Saturday in July, Annan...
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    income tax collected by the United States, most individual U.S. states collect a state income tax. Some local governments also impose an income tax, often...
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    street shop windows were smashed and 56 rioters were arrested. Demonstrations were routinely called in places where councils discussed the poll tax, some resolving...
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    central issue for the colonists was not the amount of taxes but whether Parliament could levy a tax without American approval, for there were no American...
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    Sales taxes in the United States are taxes placed on the sale or lease of goods and services in the United States. Sales tax is governed at the state level...
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  • The best known such tax was the window tax, which was implemented in 1697, and was not repealed until 1851. Other similar taxes were the dice duty (1711–1862)...
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    English or British peerages from their seats in the House of Lords, and tax increases. Despite their own preferences, the Stuarts tried to appeal to...
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    paper and having it hand stenciled. The tax was abolished in 1836. Brick tax Glass tax Hearth tax Window tax Notes UK Retail Price Index inflation figures...
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  • Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows and Xbox One on January 18, 2024. The player controls Turnip Boy, who has been convicted of tax evasion, and must go on...
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    TurboTax is a software package for preparation of American income tax returns, produced by Intuit. TurboTax is a market leader in its product segment,...
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