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Which French direct land tax helped fund the monarchy before the French Revolution?
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Taille
What was the ancient Roman tax on the value of inherited property called?
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Vicesima hereditatium
Which 1765 British law required tax stamps on printed materials in the American colonies?
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Stamp Act
Which US state introduced the first general sales tax in 1930?
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Mississippi
Which 1930 event in India protested the British salt tax by making salt at Dandi?
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Salt March
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What was the ancient Roman tax on the value of inherited property called?
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Vicesima hereditatium
Which US state introduced the first general sales tax in 1930?
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Mississippi
Which US government agency began in 1862 as the Bureau of Internal Revenue?
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Internal Revenue Service
What was the name of the local tax introduced in Scotland in 1989 to replace domestic rates?
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Community Charge
Who proposed the financial transaction tax commonly called the Tobin tax?
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James Tobin