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When the first governments were created among people in early civilizations, a natural corollary was taxation to support the governments. Though we don´t have direct evidence, we can safely surmise that the first taxes were levied around 9,000 B.C. in small towns in the Fertile Crescent. These taxes were in the form of goods, food stuffs, and services to support the governing authority who could not otherwise provide for themselves.
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