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This progressive tax is portrayed here as regressive

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There is a major error in the lead paragraph here: "A hearth tax was a property tax in certain countries during the medieval and early modern period, levied on each hearth, thus by proxy on each family unit." This is not true and it implies a poll or regressive tax, when hearth tax was essentially a real estate property tax and a progressive tax , as number of hearths in a dwelling was a proxy on a family's level of wealth. This is widely understood by tax historians: " It was the first progressive tax designed to raise money fairly; wealthier people would have had larger houses, which would have required more hearths to provide sufficient heat. " https://www.roehampton.ac.uk/humanities/news/hearth-tax-documents-reveal-more-of-bristols-history-as-the-second-city-of-the-restoration-period/

Also: https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1129&context=sjsumstjournalN34B2 (talk) 01:46, 3 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]