Legal Definition and Related Resources of Poll-tax

A tax upon every poll or head, that is to say, upon every person

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English Legal System: Poll Tax

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Poll Tax : (community charge, poll tax)

A former form of local tax levied on all adults (with some exceptions) to contribute to the cost of local government. It was introduced by the Local Government Finance Act 1988 to replace domestic *rates (i.e. rates paid by private householders) from April 1990 in England and Wales (it was introduced in Scotland in 1989). The tax proved unpopular and difficult to collect. It was abolished and replaced by the *council tax with effect from April 1993.