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Inheritance tax

相続税 ／ inheritance-tax　—　Institutions

A tax levied on property inherited when a person dies. In Japan, it was introduced in 1905.

Beard Tax Token Beard Tax Token1705 Écu d'or à la couronne (crowned gold écu) Écu d'or à la couronne (crowned gold écu)1385 onward Silver sycee (31st year of Jiajing) Silver sycee (31st year of Jiajing)Ming, 1552
A real specimen of the related term “Tax”.

To fund the Russo-Japanese War, it was promulgated on January 1, 1905, and enacted on April 1. It was established as a permanent tax, separate from the emergency special taxes that were to be abolished after the war (according to historical tax documents from the National Tax Agency). A question to consider when looking at inheritance tax: is it a tool to prevent certain people from being born?