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head tax

American

noun

a uniform tax or surcharge imposed upon every person or every adult in a specific group, as on those entering or leaving a country or using a particular service or conveyance.

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Chicago previously had a head tax, but former Mayor Rahm Emanuel persuaded the City Council to eliminate it in 2014 as a “job killer.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

The proposed plan would also reinstate the big business head tax, bringing in an estimated $20 million a year.

From Slate • Mar. 22, 2023

Around the same time, the city paid $38,500 to settle lawsuits alleging the City Council, including Harrell and González, had broken the state’s Open Public Meetings Act in machinations related to the 2018 head tax.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2021

The company immediately threatened to stop the construction of two downtown office towers if the head tax was not repealed.

From Fox News • Nov. 5, 2019

The mind shies away from a head tax, a facility tax.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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