Revision as of 18:40, 14 January 2015 editYaksar (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers9,871 edits restore subjects that are called poll taxes in some reliable sources and should therefore be listed here -- are you trying to troll for responses by just being disruptive?← Previous edit | Latest revision as of 20:12, 25 July 2023 edit undoGotitbro (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users101,924 editsNo edit summaryTags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit | ||
(25 intermediate revisions by 15 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{wikt|poll tax}} | |||
⚫ | |||
A ''']''' is a tax of a fixed amount applied to every individual regardless of income. | |||
⚫ | '''Poll tax''' may also refer to: | ||
* Taxes per head, capitations, and head taxes: | |||
* ], officially the "Community Charge", a former system of local taxation in the late 20th century | |||
:* ] as a general concept | |||
* ], versions of the poll tax once levied in the United States as a precondition to voting | |||
::* Tariffs on immigration: | |||
⚫ | * ], a poll tax once levied on Chinese immigrants | ||
⚫ | |||
* The ] in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth | |||
⚫ | |||
:* ], local taxation AKA "Community Charge" | |||
* ], tax or fee levied as a precondition of exercising the right to vote | |||
==See also== | |||
⚫ | * ] | ||
* ], in 14th-century England, in response to a poll tax | |||
{{ |
{{disambiguation}} | ||
] | |||
{{Short pages monitor}}<!-- This long comment was added to the page to prevent it from being listed on Special:Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template:Long comment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well.--> |
Latest revision as of 20:12, 25 July 2023
A poll tax is a tax of a fixed amount applied to every individual regardless of income.
Poll tax may also refer to:
- Poll tax (Great Britain), officially the "Community Charge", a former system of local taxation in the late 20th century
- Poll taxes in the United States, versions of the poll tax once levied in the United States as a precondition to voting
- New Zealand head tax, a poll tax once levied on Chinese immigrants
- The Jewish poll tax in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
See also
- Chinese head tax in Canada
- Peasants' Revolt, in 14th-century England, in response to a poll tax
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Categories: