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Fuel tax is the only excise tax that is handled on the federal level and is set at a rate of 22% | Fuel tax is the only excise tax that is handled on the federal level and is set at a rate of 22% | ||
==== Liquor Taxes ==== | ==== Liquor & Tobacco Taxes ==== | ||
Sin taxes in Kiravia are handled at the provincial level and are a general name for many different taxes with the largest earning and most consistent varieties being on liquor and tobacco with each one being set at 12.5% | Sin taxes in Kiravia are handled at the provincial level and are a general name for many different taxes with the largest earning and most consistent varieties being on liquor and tobacco with each one being set at 12.5% | ||
==== Sin and Pigovian Taxes ==== | |||
Provinces have imposed numerous other excises with the dual policy aims of collecting revenue and encouraging changes in behaviour among their populations. Examples include taxes on {{wp|lottery}} earnings, {{wp|men's magazines}}, contraceptive products, [[xolkriśgir|colour photography]], {{wp|t.A.T.u.|tattoos}} and {{wp|David Hyde Pierce|piercings}}, {{wp|indoor tanning}} services, {{wp|bicycles}}, and {{wp|videographic games}}, {{wp|video vixens}}, and "enriched energy drinks". In recent decades, some provinces and localities have adopted or considered various excises to correct for negative environmental externalities. | |||
In 2028 AD, [[Venèra|Ilfenóra State]] and neighbouring [[Venèra State]] passed legislation to establish a poll tax on unmarried men over the age of 25. Enforcement is currently suspended while litigation over the constitutionality of the taxes is pending. Though not an excise, it is nonetheless intended to incentivise behavioural change. | |||
Dangerous proposals by rogue municipal governments to impose {{wp|sugary drink tax|sugary drink taxes}} have been heroically thwarted by the independent<ref>Unverified documents published by [[AkbarLeaks]] allege that Kiravians for Consumer Freedom is closely controlled by [[Imperial Cola]] lobbyists.</ref> consumer advocacy NGO Kiravians for Consumer Freedom. | |||
=== Land Taxes === | === Land Taxes === | ||