Tax Facts

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1. Which Roman emperor levied a tax on, of all things, the collection of urine? Nero Tiberius Augustus Caligula

2. Where in the world would you pay a tax on blueberries? Maine Ontario Nova Scotia Vermont

3. Henry VII, a notorious miser, was always thinking up ways and means to fill the state coffers to overflowing and he was aided and abetted by his Lord Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury, John Morton. Morton came up with a pretty devious tax method, called Morton's _______ . Answer: (One Word)

4. On March 31, 1990, hundreds and thousands of Brits engaged in violent protest against a new tax. What kind of tax was it? Beer tax Tax on conkers Poll tax Divorce tax

5. The American income tax filing deadline is April 15, and Canadians have until April 30 to get their returns in. Consequently, the April air in North America is filled with moaning and groaning about tax burdens. To hear them tell it, they pay the highest taxes anywhere; but they don't. In 2009, who will shell out the most in income taxes? Swedes French Brits Danes

6. If you don't want to pay any tax on income, may I suggest you call the movers and head for which European state? Ukraine Bulgaria Monaco Russia

7. Tsar Peter the Great (Peter I) was determined to drag Russia out of the Middle Ages into modern times and embarked on re-organizing the entire country into what he determined to be a civilized state. To pay for all the improvements, he invented all sorts of new taxes, one of the strangest of which was... A tax on beards A tax on embroidery A tax on troikas A tax on borscht

8. In North Carolina you are required to pay a tax on illegal drugs. True False

9. In which country would you have paid a window tax in the 17th century? Spain England The Netherlands Italy

10. If you want your sweetheart to spend the night with you at a specific university in this country, you'll have to pay a sex tax. Italy Israel France Rumania