Revealed: history’s strangest taxes
Suzanne Locke
24 September 2024
The strangest things people have paid tax on
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Cooking oil (3,000-300 BC)
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Urine (1st century AD)
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All the single people (9 AD)
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Skipping battle (12th-14th centuries)
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Salt (1350)
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Beards (1535-1772)
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Playing cards (17th century)
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Fireplaces (1662)
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Windows (1696)
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Candles (1709)
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Soap (1711)
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Wallpaper (1712)
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Bricks (1784)
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Hats (1784)
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Wig powder (1795)
Studio of William Hoare [Public domain]
Clocks (1797)
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Church-going (1803)
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Radio/TV (from 1923)
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Sugary drinks (1930s)
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Photocopying (1985)
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Shadows (1993)
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Queen bees (1999)
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Cow flatulence (2003)
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Chopsticks (2006)
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Sliced bagels (2010)
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