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  2. Islamic taxes - Wikipedia

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    kharaj - a land tax initially imposed only on non-Muslims but soon after mandated for Muslims as well. [1] ushr - a 10% tax on the harvests of irrigated land and 10% tax on harvest from rain-watered land and 5% on Land dependent on well water. [6] The term has also been used for a 10% tax on merchandise imported from states that taxed the ...

  3. Jizya - Wikipedia

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    [20] [73] The orientalist Thomas Walker Arnold writes that even Muslims were made to pay a tax if they were exempted from military service, like non-Muslims. [ 74 ] [ 75 ] Thus, the Shafi'i scholar al-Khaṭīb ash-Shirbīniy states: "Military service is not obligatory for non-Muslims – especially for dhimmis since they give jizya so that we ...

  4. Zakat - Wikipedia

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    Under compulsory systems of zakat tax collection, such as Malaysia and Pakistan, evasion is very common and the zakat (alms tax) is regressive. [18] A considerable number of Muslims accept their duty to pay zakat, but deny that the state has a right to levy it, and they may pay zakat voluntarily while evading official collection. [84]

  5. Association of Tax Authorities of Islamic Countries - Wikipedia

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    Headquartered in Khartoum, Sudan, it plays a central role in administration and legislation for the promotion of tax and zakat for economic development and mutual cooperation in the member states. The ATAIC conducts annual seminars, workshops and training courses for gathering tax information needed for analysing and disseminating tax and zakat ...

  6. Topics in Sharia law - Wikipedia

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    All Muslims who live above the subsistence level must pay an annual alms, known as zakat. In the modern sense, this would be Islam's equivalent to US Social Security or UK National Insurance. This is not charity, but rather an obligation owed by the eligible Muslim to the poor of the community.

  7. Calculation of Zakāt - Wikipedia

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    Zakat can be calculated on property, gold, income, diamond, etc. and before paying zakat, It is important to see who are eligible for zakat. [27] The gold considered in determining the Zakat threshold is 24 karats because 21, 18, and other karats are not pure gold; they are mixed with other metals and alloys.

  8. It's True: These 13 States Don't Tax Retirement Income - AOL

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    The next-best states to live in as a retiree, at least in regard to income taxes, are the following four, because while they do sport income taxes, they do not tax retirement income: Illinois Iowa

  9. Dhimmi - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2]: 470 The word literally means "protected person", [3] referring to the state's obligation under sharia to protect the individual's life, property, as well as freedom of religion, in exchange for loyalty to the state and payment of the jizya tax, in contrast to the zakat, or obligatory alms, paid by the Muslim subjects. [4]