Most Amazing and Plain Weird Taxes
Weird and Crazy Taxes (And Tax Breaks) From the U.S. and Around The World
What is a Tax
A tax may be defined as a "pecuniary burden laid upon individuals or property owners to support the government. A payment exacted by legislative authority. A tax "is not a voluntary payment or donation, but an enforced contribution, exacted pursuant to legislative authority" and is "any contribution imposed by government whether under the name of toll, tribute, tallage, gabel, impost, duty, custom, excise, subsidy, aid, supply, or other name."