Strange Taxes in History

And this is for those who are grouching about Mr. C's B. I mean the budget..
Here are some tax attacks from history..

In 1784, William Pitt the Younger introduced a tax on windows, which opponents labelled 'Daylight Robbery.' He also introduced taxes on wig powder, playing cards, servants and dogs.

The Russian leader Peter the Great introduced taxes on beards, souls, hats, clothing, food, chimneys and boots, as well as birth, marriage and burial.

In ancient Rome, the Emperor Nero levied a tax on (ahem)..urine. (It was levied only against urine being used in the tanning industry.) His successor, Vespasianus, created the 'Fiscus Judaicus', or tax on Jews.

Bachelors, too, have been taxed in the past. For example, in Auxerre in 1223, an annual tax of five solidi was imposed on any man 'qui non habet uxorem et est bache-larius'.

Taxes have been recorded from as early as the First Dynasty of the Old Kingdom in Egypt (3000-2800 B.C.). There is even evidence of early tax shelters!

The first income tax in the world was created in 1404 A.D in England. It was so hated that the Parliament later had all records of it buried. (Source- TOI)