What is calamity tax?

For Calamity Tax if first understand meaning of Calamity:

It means a great misfortune or disaster, rievous affliction; adversity; misery: the calamity of war such as

• Avalanches and landslides.
• Earthquakes.
• Sinkholes.
• Volcanic eruptions.
• Floods.
• Limnic eruptions.
• Tsunami.
• Blizzards

So Calamity tax means goverment impose Tax for helping states that suffer with above disasters.

Calamity tax = Calamity + Tax to fight it

Calamity declared as a national calamity is qualified for this tax. Further goverment need to take a decision wether to impose a tax for that national calamity or not.

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