Hallo Brigitte,
<BrigitteJahnke@aol.com> schrieb:
In the middle ages wax tax was a natural tax, used to lighten churches and
chapels.
Everyone who had to pay this tax annually had to give a specified amount,
mostly one or two pounds, to a certain church.
Later on people had to give money at the place of wax, but it still was
called wax-tax.Wax tax was no personal tax, it always was connected to a certain house.
Brigitte Jahnke
Ich verstehe das so, daß die Menschen damals Geld geben mußten, damit Kerzen gekauft werden konnten (daher wax tax), um die Kirchen und Kapellen zu beleuchten. - Und das nannte sich dann "Kerzen-Steuer".
Es grüßt aus Eltville
Dietmar Seipt