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Therefore, poll taxes were also often used to discriminate against women who attempted to vote. [6] Some poor white male voters were deemed exempt from poll taxes via grandfather clause if they had an ancestor who could vote prior to the Civil War. [7] The Twenty-Fourth Amendment terminated the use of poll taxes in federal elections in 1964.
Tax rates were 3% on income exceeding $600 and less than $10,000, and 5% on income exceeding $10,000. [8] This tax was repealed and replaced by another income tax in the Revenue Act of 1862. [9] After the war when the need for federal revenues decreased, Congress (in the Revenue Act of 1870) let the tax law expire in 1873. [10]
In the 1st century AD, Jewish Zealots in Judaea resisted the poll tax instituted by the Roman Empire. [3]: 1–7 Jesus was accused of promoting tax resistance prior to his torture and execution ("We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cæsar, saying that he himself is Christ a King" — Luke 23:2). [4]
For instance, if your home’s assessed value is $400,000 and your local tax rate is 2 percent, you’d owe $8,000 per year in property taxes. Assessed home value x mills / 1,000 = property tax
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Denomination Obverse Reverse Date $ 1 ⁄ 6 February 17, 1776 [5] $ 1 ⁄ 3 February 17, 1776 [5] $ 1 ⁄ 2 February 17, 1776 [5] $ 2 ⁄ 3 February 17, 1776 [5]: $1 February 17, 1776 [6]: $2 ...
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The Taxation of Colonies Act 1778 (18 Geo. 3.c. 12) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that declared Parliament would not impose any duty, tax, or assessment for the raising of revenue in any of the colonies of British America or the British West Indies.