Weirdest Taxes Ever Collected
Saturday, Aug 15, 2020, 1:56 pm
#11 Men's Hats
There was a tax on men's hats in England between 1784 and 1811. The idea was that if you could afford a hat, then you could afford to pay more tax and they then produced revenue stamps that had to be with each hat. If you forged those stamps you could be executed.
