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poll taxes

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  • Poll tax — A poll tax, head tax, or capitation is a tax of a uniform, fixed amount per individual (as opposed to a percentage of income). When a corvée is commuted for cash payment, in effect it becomes a poll tax (and vice versa, if a poll tax obligation… …   Wikipedia

  • poll tax — /pohl/ a capitation tax, the payment of which is sometimes a prerequisite to exercise the right of suffrage. Also called head tax. [1685 95] * * * Tax of a uniform amount levied on each individual. The most famous British poll tax was the one… …   Universalium

  • poll tax — A tax that is the same for each individual, i. e. a lump sum per head (from Middle Low German polle: head). The benefits of such taxes are that they do not distort choices, being an equal levy from everyone s resources whatever their… …   Big dictionary of business and management

  • poll — 1. poll, verb To single out, one by one, of a number of persons. To examine each juror separately, after a verdict has been given, as to his concurrence in the verdict. See polling the jury 2. poll, noun A head; an individual person; a register… …   Black's law dictionary

  • poll tax — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms poll tax : singular poll tax plural poll taxes an amount of money collected as a tax from every adult citizen of a particular country …   English dictionary

  • Taxes —    First mentioned in the command (Ex. 30:11 16) that every Jew from twenty years and upward should pay an annual tax of half a shekel for an offering to the Lord. This enactment was faithfully observed for many generations (2 Chr. 24:6; Matt. 17 …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • specific taxes — Taxes of a fixed amount by the head or number, or by some standard of weight or measurement and requiring no assessment other than a listing or classification of the subjects to be taxed. Poll taxes are invariably specific taxes and excises are… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • taxes — In ancient Israel the only taxes imposed on people mentioned in the Bible were for the maintenance of the tabernacle and its officiants (Deut. 18:1 ff.) but kings exacted much more in order to pay the army and the court (1 Kgs. 12:11). In… …   Dictionary of the Bible

  • direct taxes — Capitation or poll taxes levied without regard to property, profession or other circumstances; taxes on land. Springer v United States, 102 U S 586, 26 L Ed 253. Also, taxes levied directly on personal property because of ownership. Pollock v… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • Tax — Taxation An aspect of fiscal policy …   Wikipedia

  • United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …   Universalium

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