Window tax
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For "Windows tax", a term for the cost of Microsoft Windows preinstalled on a computer, see Bundling of Microsoft Windows.
Window tax was a property tax based on the number of windows in a house. It was a significant social, cultural, and architectural force in England, France, and Ireland during the 18th and 19th centuries. To avoid the tax, some houses from the period can be seen to have bricked-up window-spaces (which can be (re)glazed later). In England and Wales it was introduced in 1696 and in Scotland from 1748.[1] It was repealed in both cases in 1851. In France it was established in 1798 and was repealed in 1926.