Fordham University: History's Weirdest Taxes
April 07, 2026
April 07, 2026
NEW YORK, April 7 -- Fordham University posted the following news:
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History's Weirdest Taxes
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From beards to bagels, governments have taxed some truly strange things over the centuries. But as bizarre as certain taxes may sound, they were created to solve familiar problems.
Some weird taxes-like England's levies on candles, soap, or wallpaper-were established to target wealth in a way that couldn't be sidestep . . .
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History's Weirdest Taxes
*
From beards to bagels, governments have taxed some truly strange things over the centuries. But as bizarre as certain taxes may sound, they were created to solve familiar problems.
Some weird taxes-like England's levies on candles, soap, or wallpaper-were established to target wealth in a way that couldn't be sidestep . . .