Prodnalog

Prodnalog (Russian: продналог, IPA: [prədnɐˈlok], from продовольственный налог, prodovolstvenniy nalog; lit. "food tax";) is the Russian word for a tax on food production, paid in kind in the Soviet Union, and sometimes known as "the tax in kind". Prodnalog replaced prodrazvyorstka (introduced in 1919) and was introduced by a Decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee on March 21, 1921. Separate decrees were issued for taxes on particular categories of produce: bread, milk, eggs, meat, oil, etc., as well as on hay, wool, and tobacco. After paying the tax, the peasants were allowed to trade the surplus. It was abolished in 1923 with the introduction of the unified agricultural tax.