The tax on childlessness (Russian: налог на бездетность, romanized: nalog na bezdetnost) was a natalist policy imposed in the Soviet Union and other Communist countries, starting in the 1940s.
[1] Since 1946, the tax has been abolished for monks obliged to observe a vow of celibacy in accordance with the decision of the Council of Ministers of the USSR No.
[4] In 1991, the tax was changed to no longer apply to women, and in 1992, it was rendered irrelevant and inactive due to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
At the beginning of the 20th century, dictionaries also recorded "bykowe" as meaning "a gift to a shepherd for raising a cow" and "a fee paid to musicians at a wedding by someone who wants to dance with the bride".
[9][10] In Germany, then Minister for Health Jens Spahn called for childless tax, saying that those without children should pay much more towards care and pension insurance than those who have started a family.