Salt Tax Revolt - Enzeikki

...There were large regional differences in the degree of freedom in buying and selling salt and the tax rate, but in the central regions of the kingdom, salt was bought and sold at an official price via the royal salt warehouses, and residents were obliged to pay the tax by buying a certain amount of salt (compulsory salt) at the salt warehouses each year. The salt tax generated the largest amount of revenue among indirect taxes, but was extremely unpopular, and was often the cause of salt tax revolts in the 16th and 17th centuries. It was abolished during the French Revolution (1790). It was soon reinstated by Napoleon (1806) and maintained until 1945.

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to the "Salt Tax Rebellion" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…塩売買の自由度，税率には大きな地域差があったが，王国の中心地域では塩は王立の塩倉を経由して公定価格で売買され，住民は塩倉で毎年一定量の塩(義務塩)を買って税を納めることを義務づけられた。塩税は間接税中最大の収入をあげたが，反面きわめて不人気で，16,17世紀にしばしば塩税一揆の原因となり，フランス革命の際に廃止された(1790)。まもなくナポレオンによって復活され(1806)，1945年まで維持された。…

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