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101head tax — See poll tax …
102pole tax — A license fee imposed on a telegraph or telephone company according to the number of poles erected and maintained in the municipality. 52 Am J1st Teleg & T § 51. See poll tax …
103To poll a jury — Poll Poll, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Polled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Polling}.] 1. To remove the poll or head of; hence, to remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop; to shear; as, to poll the head; to poll a tree. [1913 Webster] When he [Absalom] pollled… …
104Service Tax (India) — Service tax is a tax levied on service providers in India, except the State of Jammu and Kashmir. Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC)The responsibility of collecting the tax lies with the Central Board of Excise and Customs(CBEC). Central… …
105Massachusetts State Income Tax Repeal Initiative — Elections in Massachusetts Federal government Presidential elections 1972 · 2000 · 2004 · 2008 Presidential primaries …
106Americans for Tax Reform — is an interest group seeking to reduce the overall level of taxation in the United States, at the federal, state and local level. Its founder and president is Grover Norquist, an influential Republican lobbyist.BackgroundAmericans for Tax Reform… …
107Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) — A Canadian tariff scheduled to be implemented on July 1, 2010, that combines the federal goods and services tax (GST) with the provincial sales tax (PST). According to the C.D. Howe Institute, a Canadian public policy organization, the HST is… …
108catch|poll — catch|pole or catch|poll «KACH POHL», noun. a bailiff or minor officer employed by a sheriff whose duties formerly included arresting debtors for nonpayment. ╂[Old English kaecepol tax gatherer < Medieval Latin cacepollus, probably… …
109personal tax — Broadly, the burden imposed by government on its own citizens for the benefits which that government affords by its protection and its laws. United States v Erie Railroad Co. (US) 16 Otto 327, 333, 27 L Ed 151, 155, 1 S Ct 223. In a narrower… …
110kharaj — Tax imposed on recent Islamic converts in the 7th–8th century. In Islamic territories, Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians who did not convert to Islam were required to pay a tax called the jizya. Many people converted to Islam to avoid this tax… …
