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  2. Taxation as slavery - Wikipedia

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    The corvee was state-imposed forced labor on peasants too poor to pay other forms of taxation (labor in ancient Egyptian is a synonym for taxes). [1] Most people accept that slavery was a part of life in places like ancient Egypt, the Mediterranean, ancient Rome, and Greece etc, but most people don't realize that the slaves got to keep a large ...

  3. Income tax in China - Wikipedia

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    The Individual Income Tax in China (commonly abbreviated IIT) is administered on a progressive tax system with tax rates from 3 percent to 45 percent. As of 2019, China taxes individuals who reside in the country for more than 183 days on worldwide earned income. The system is separate from the income tax system of Hong Kong and Macau, which ...

  4. Gravity Payments - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .gravitypayments .com. Gravity Payments is a credit card processing and financial services company. It was founded in 2004 by Lucas and Dan Price. The company is headquartered in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington and employs 240 people. [1] As of November 2021, Dan Price is the only shareholder and the only member of ...

  5. Donald Trump - Wikipedia

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    Forbes estimated in October 2018 that his net worth declined from $4.5 billion in 2015 to $3.1 billion in 2017 and his product-licensing income from $23 million to $3 million. Contrary to his claims of financial health and business acumen, Trump's tax returns from 1985 to 1994 show net losses totaling $1.17 billion. The losses were higher than ...

  6. Poll tax (Great Britain) - Wikipedia

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    A leaflet explaining the Community Charge (the so-called "poll tax"), Department of the Environment, April 1989. The Community Charge, commonly known as the poll tax, was a system of local taxation introduced by Margaret Thatcher's government whereby each taxpayer was taxed the same fixed sum (a "poll tax" or "head tax"), with the precise amount being set by each local authority.

  7. Poll tax - Wikipedia

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    Taxation. A poll tax, also known as head tax or capitation, is a tax levied as a fixed sum on every liable individual (typically every adult), without reference to income or resources. [1] Poll is an archaic term for "head" or "top of the head". The sense of "counting heads" is found in phrases like polling place and opinion poll.

  8. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - Wikipedia

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    Ocasio-Cortez opposed a planned deal by New York City to give Amazon.com $3 billion in state and city subsidies and tax breaks to build a secondary headquarters that was expected to bring in $27 billion in tax revenue for the city and state, in an area near her congressional district, saying that the city should instead itself invest $3 billion ...

  9. Chase Paymentech - Wikipedia

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    Paymentech payment platforms supports businesses to process payments. Paymentech authorises payment transactions in more than 130 currencies. In addition to this, the company provides business analytics, payment fraud detection, and data security solutions. In 2012, Chase Paymentech processed 29.5 billion transactions with a value of $655.2 ...