Hat tax
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hat-tax-294-1720810
title:
Hat tax
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The hat tax, or hat duty, was a tax levied by the British Government from 1784 to 1811 on men's hats. The tax was introduced during the first ministry of Pitt the Younger and was designed to be a simple way of raising revenue for the government in a rough accordance with each person's relative wealth. It was supposed that the rich would have a large number of expensive hats, whereas the poor might have one cheap hat or none at all. The hat tax required hat retailers to buy a licence and to displ
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Former British tax on men's hats
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hat_tax
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2023-12-15T15:55:30Z
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