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community charge

British

noun

Also called: poll tax. (formerly in Britain) a flat-rate charge paid by each adult in a community to his or her local authority in place of rates

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The poll tax, or community charge, was supposed to make local council finance fairer and more accountable.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2018

In 1990, with several of the cabinet unhappy about her attitude to Europe and handling of the introduction of the community charge, or "poll tax", she was also deposed.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2016

The community charge, widely referred to as the poll tax, was a new system of taxation introduced to replace domestic rates.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2014

The poll tax, or community charge, was abolished more than 20 years ago in 1993 after only four years in operation in Scotland.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2014

Her response was the poll tax, properly known as the community charge, levied on an individual basis that would link council spending to local taxes.

From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2013

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