capitation tax
Example Sentences
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The capitation tax too, which was remitted for three years on the pasha’s accession to the people of Cairo, Alexandria, Damietta and Rascheed, is now called for.
From Letters from Egypt by Janet Ross
Women were liable to a capitation tax, if this enrolment also involved taxation.
From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by James Edward Talmage
Almost at the outbreak of the Civil War it also gave the king a graduated capitation tax.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various
He told me in 1904 that he held under his control 9,600 persons, from 1,700 of whom he collected capitation tax for the American authorities.
From The Philippine Islands by John Foreman
The chief source of revenue is the customs, while the capitation tax contributes most to the local budget.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
