Income tax threshold

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The income tax threshold is the income level at which a person begins paying income taxes.^[1] The income tax threshold equates to the:

Personal allowance in the UK, which was £9,440 in 2013-14 and £10,000 in 2014-15, the highest in the G7.^[2]^[3]^[4]
Basic allowance in Germany, which was €8,004 in 2012.
Income tax threshold in France, which was €6,088 in 2012.
Sum of the standard deduction and personal exemption in the US, which was $9,750 in 2012 for a single person.^[5]
Basic personal amount in Canada, which was C$10,822 in 2012.^[6]
Tax-free threshold in Australia, which was A$18,200 in 2012-13.^[7]^[8]
Tax-free threshold in Greece, which was €5,000 in 2012.^[9]
Tax-free threshold in Poland, which was €736 in 2013 (equivalent to $1,007). ^[10]
Minimum wage in Israel, which was ₪ 4,700 in 2012 (equivalent to $1,334).

References

Tax resistance

Topics

Conscientious objection to military taxation
History of tax resistance
List of tax resisters

Methods

Organizations

Media

Campaigns

1300s	Peasants' Revolt

1400s	Cornish Rebellion of 1497

1500s	Croquant rebellions Rappenkrieg Revolt of the Pitauds

1600s	Angelets Revolt of the va-nu-pieds Revolt of the papier timbré Salt Tax Revolt

1700s	No taxation without representation Philadelphia Tea Party Boston Tea Party War of the Regulation Gaspee Affair Whiskey Rebellion White Lotus Rebellion Fries's Rebellion

1800s	Tithe War Rebecca Riots Hut Tax War of 1898 Dog Tax War Tancament de Caixes

1900s	Bambatha Rebellion Bardoli Satyagraha Bondelswarts affair Champaran and Kheda Satyagraha Turra Coo Johnson cult Poplar Rates Rebellion Mau movement Women's War Salt March Beit Sahour Poll Tax Riots

21st century	Anti-austerity movement in Greece Anti-Bin Tax Campaign Bonnets Rouges Campaign Against Home and Water Taxes Movimento Passe Livre

Income tax threshold

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References