Benjamin Franklin put it best when he said the only certainties in life were death and taxes.
However you feel about part of your wages never even reaching your pocket, we wanted to mark the new financial year by quizzing you on the more unusual taxes Britain and elsewhere have had to pay over the centuries. Play below and see if you can second-guess the revenue officers.
The pedantic punctuation quiz. quiz
You've tested your spelling, now it's time for your punctuation.
The British scientific discoveries quiz
How much do you know about the inventions and theories pioneered in the UK?
How does the British economy work?
Find out more about the efforts to keep the UK firmly out of the red.
