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poll tax

NOUN
  1. a tax of a fixed amount per person and payable as a requirement for the right to vote

How To Use poll tax In A Sentence

  • It was used to justify the introduction of the poll tax and to justify breaking up metropolitan counties.
  • We already have files on people's tax details, mortgages and poll tax.
  • Like the poll tax, the council tax would also take account of the number of adults in each household.
  • After the poll tax was defeated in 1991 Scottish Militant Labour was launched as an open political party.
  • They also got a new source of money, the council tax, to replace Mrs Thatcher's hated poll tax.
  • The total is then distributed among local authorities on the basis of the number of people listed on the Poll Tax register.
  • Mr Alton said that the poll tax meant many people had dodged electoral registers in a bid to avoid payment.
  • The total is then distributed among local authorities on the basis of the number of people listed on the Poll Tax register.
  • The Bill perpetuates all the anomalies, unfairness, regional variations and bureaucracy that made the poll tax unpopular.
  • The poll tax had its critics but it was a lot fairer than the current system.
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