Talk:Tax on childlessness

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Did you know... that Joseph Stalin imposed a tax on childlessness, which forced bachelors and childless families to pay an additional 6% income tax until the collapse of the Soviet Union?

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Similar taxes have been (probably still is) at other countries as well. I think this should be written from more general perspective. --128.214.200.51 (talk) 12:36, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This might fit well as a sub-part of a general article on Population policy. Zodon (talk) 23:58, 10 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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I tried to link to Polish version: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bykowe, but there is another merged item already, hence a conflict. Pls take a look at it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zezen (talk • contribs) 08:17, 11 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Merger proposal

Again, I think that it should be merged with Bachelor tax. As for now such interwiki links as this are confusing or unhelpful. Zezen (talk) 16:35, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Equivalence with no tax break?

Is a tax on childlessness functionally equivalent to a tax break for having children, as practiced in the US? Taxes are unpopular, whereas tax breaks are popular, but both routes take money from people with no children and give it to people with children, no? This article makes childlessness taxes sound somewhat extreme, but is that really warranted if it's just a different way to package a common wealth transfer? AmigoNico (talk) 19:02, 8 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, they are not necessarily equivalent, because a tax on childlessness would (theoretically) be a tax in addition to the income tax that all taxable individuals must pay. Conversely, a tax break for "individuals who have children" could be interpreted as a tax deduction, depending on how the policy is specifically outlined, which is not the same as a tax on childlessness.

Not too different from sugar taxes. It is not that sugar-free products are receiving a tax break, rather, sugary products owe an additional tax on top of the consumption taxes they presumably already owe. Mhabr06 (talk) 14:12, 2 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]