80 Taxes And Taxation Trivia Questions with Answers
80 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What Roman tax on urine became famous after Emperor Vespasian defended its revenue?
Answer
Vectigal urinae
Which Roman inheritance tax, introduced by Augustus, charged one-twentieth of an estate?
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Vicesima hereditatium
What is the name of India’s nationwide indirect tax launched on 1 July 2017?
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Goods and Services Tax
Which consumption tax was first introduced in France in 1954 by tax official Maurice Lauré?
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Value-added tax
What U.S. tax is imposed on estates after a person’s death?
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Estate tax
Which U.S. law of 1913 reintroduced a federal income tax after the 16th Amendment?
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Revenue Act of 1913
Which U.S. tax system requires a separate calculation to limit certain deductions and preferences?
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Alternative minimum tax
What tax did Australia introduce nationwide on 1 July 2000?
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Goods and Services Tax
What is the tax on profit from selling an investment or other asset called?
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Capital gains tax
Which U.S. law introduced federal income-tax withholding from workers’ paychecks in 1943?
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Current Tax Payment Act
What was the Roman 1% tax on auctions and sales called?
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Centesima rerum venalium
Which Roman emperor abolished the chrysargyron tax in 498 CE?
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Anastasius I
Which U.S. law created the modern federal Child Tax Credit in 1997?
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Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997
Which U.S. tax credit was created in 1975 to supplement the wages of low- and moderate-income workers?
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Earned Income Tax Credit
Which New Zealand tax, introduced in 1986, is a broad consumption tax charged at multiple stages of production?
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Goods and Services Tax
In Britain, which prime minister introduced the first modern income tax in 1799?
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William Pitt the Younger
Which tax on household hearths was introduced in England in 1662?
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Hearth tax
Which U.S. tax on corporate income was created by the Revenue Act of 1909?
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Corporate excise tax
What tax on land value did Henry George advocate in Progress and Poverty?
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Land value tax
Which U.S. law established the modern federal estate tax in 1916?
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Revenue Act of 1916
What was the medieval English tax raised to pay Viking raiders?
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Danegeld