Salt tax - Gabelle

Japanese: 塩税 - えんぜい(英語表記)gabelle
Salt tax - Gabelle
Also called the gabelle. A tax on salt before the French Revolution. Gabelle originally meant a general consumption tax, but since the 15th century it has come to refer to the salt tax. It was a consumption tax on salt, but also a state control over its production, distribution, and consumption. As a tax on daily life, it was divided into high salt tax regions, low salt tax regions, and tax-free regions, and the tax rates varied greatly from region to region, so it was seen as a symbol of bad taxation and often caused popular rebellions. It was abolished in March 1790.

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Japanese:
ガベルとも呼ばれる。フランス革命前の塩に対する課税。ガベルは消費税一般を意味していたが 15世紀以来塩税をさすようになった。塩に対する消費税であると同時に,塩の生産,流通,消費の国家による統制でもあった。日常生活にかかわる課税であるうえに,大塩税地方,小塩税地方,免税地方などに分れ,税率は地方によって著しく異なり悪税の象徴とみなされ,しばしば民衆反乱の原因となった。 1790年3月に廃止された。

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