Salt tax

The salt tax called an excise tax on salt.

In Germany, the salt tax was abolished with effect from 1 January 1993, in Austria after joining the EC in 1995. Switzerland has a salt monopoly of the cantons.

Similar to alcohol, such as the use of road salt as in technical or scientific field or as feed for cattle (hence the term livestock salt) tax-free, the use of salt for purposes other than personal enjoyment, possible if it was denatured before.

The salt tax, the so-called Gabelle was an indirect tax in France. She was especially unpopular and is next to the waist therefore as a prime example of the unjust tax system of the ancien régime. The control system is one of the main causes of the outbreak of the French Revolution.

In India, the programmatic bypass the salt tax played a decisive role in the resistance movement of Gandhi against the British occupation by salt extraction from the sea.

In Thailand, a salt tax under King Rama III. (reigned 1824-1851 ) introduced 1824-1827. To 1839, the tax on salt was about nine times its value.