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• Fast Food Industry Franchises

Which fast-food franchise was the first American restaurant chain to open in China, in 1987?

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Kentucky Fried Chicken

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• Fast Food Industry Franchises

In what year did Five Guys begin franchising its restaurants?

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2003

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• Taxes And Taxation

Which U.S. tax form do individuals commonly use to report their annual federal income to the IRS?

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Form 1040

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• Taxes And Taxation

What Roman tax on urine became famous after Emperor Vespasian defended its revenue?

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Vectigal urinae

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• Taxes And Taxation

Which Roman inheritance tax, introduced by Augustus, charged one-twentieth of an estate?

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Vicesima hereditatium

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• Taxes And Taxation

What was the main direct land tax paid by peasants and commoners in pre-Revolutionary France called?

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Taille

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• Taxes And Taxation

What was the Roman Empire’s general customs duty on goods crossing provincial borders called?

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Portoria

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• Taxes And Taxation

What is the name of India’s nationwide indirect tax launched on 1 July 2017?

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Goods and Services Tax

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• Taxes And Taxation

Which British law of 1764 imposed new duties on sugar and molasses imported into the American colonies?

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Sugar Act

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• Taxes And Taxation

What was the local tax introduced across Great Britain in 1990 and popularly called the poll tax?

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Community Charge

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• Taxes And Taxation

Which consumption tax was first introduced in France in 1954 by tax official Maurice Lauré?

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Value-added tax

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• Taxes And Taxation

Which U.S. tax on goods such as alcohol and tobacco is collected from producers or sellers rather than usually listed separately to shoppers?

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Excise tax

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