The vingtième (vɛ̃tjɛm, twentieth) was an income tax of the ancien régime in France. It was abolished during the French Revolution. ==First Proposition== It was first proposed by the minister of finance, Jean-Baptiste de Machault, comte d`Arnouville, in 1749. The War of the Austrian Succession had just ended, with the French government at th....
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(from the article `France`) ...starts under the goad of immediate need. There were direct taxes, some of which were collected directly by the state: the taille (a personal tax), ...
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