2006-09-05 05:03:56 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
No. People were taxed back in Cesar's time. Wasn't it written that Jesus told the people that were complaining about paying taxes? "Give unto Cesar that which is Cesar's." Coins at that time had Cesar's picture imprinted on them.
Now if I'm wrong about this, somebody please correct it.
2006-09-05 05:43:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello dear!
Of course not! People thousands of years before the USA was founded people were paying/ collecting income and other forms of taxes!
As a matter of fact, the Roman Empire, since they had very high such taxes (50%), they lost to Ottomans (10%)!
Also, Greeks used to have such and other financial measures in the organized city states! Even more than 26 centuries ago, it is reported that there were income and other taxes, banks, loans, ...
2006-09-05 13:41:09 · answer #2 · answered by soubassakis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wikipedia seems to think it's a British invention from 1799. The key is "income"--certainly taxes have been around forever, but taxes calculated based on income are a fairly recent idea.
2006-09-05 12:31:26 · answer #3 · answered by Taro Shinsei 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the first important income tax was levied in Great Britain from 1799 1816 to pay for the Napoleonic wars
2006-09-05 12:50:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, not really because every country has it in one form or another since the beginning of time
2006-09-05 12:06:25 · answer #5 · answered by katlvr125 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not at all, the tax man has been feared since the beginning of govt
2006-09-06 18:00:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋